Roland

Enameler Colin Nouailher French

On view at The Met Cloisters in Gallery 18

The chevalier Roland was not among the Nine Heroes celebrated in Jacques de Longuyon’s Les Voeux du Paon, but, as the revered hero of the Battle of Roncesvalles (Roncevaux) and the protagonist of the epic La chanson de Roland, he would have been a readily acceptable addition to the company.

Roland, Colin Nouailher (French, active 1539, d. after 1571), Painted and partly gilded enamel on copper, French, Limoges

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