Pricket Candlestick with a Naked Youth Fighting a Dragon, ca. 1140–60

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Pricket Candlestick with a Naked Youth Fighting a Dragon, ca. 1140–60, Made in Meuse Valley, Netherlands, South Netherlandish, Copper alloy, cast and gilt, Overall: 7 5/8 x 6 x 4in. ( x x ), Metalwork-Copper alloy, The dragon speared by a naked youth is a fanciful subject typical of the imaginative creatures found in the work of medieval goldsmiths and in manuscript illumination

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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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