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Pricket Candlestick with a Naked Youth Fighting a Dragon

ca. 1140–60
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 304
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.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Pricket Candlestick with a Naked Youth Fighting a Dragon
  • Date: ca. 1140–60
  • Geography: Made in Meuse Valley, Netherlands
  • Culture: South Netherlandish
  • Medium: Gilded copper alloy
  • Dimensions: Overall: 7 5/8 x 6 x 4in. (19.4 x 15.2 x 10.2cm)
  • Classification: Metalwork-Copper alloy
  • Credit Line: Gift of George Blumenthal, 1941
  • Object Number: 41.100.131
  • Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters

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