  
  About the Artwork
  
  
  From the twelfth through the fourteenth century the workshops of Limoges produced enameled objects in great numbers, supplying churches throughout Europe with liturgical vessels, reliquaries, and other richly decorated works of art. This crozier head is decorated with an image of Saint Michael overcoming the dragon, an appropriate subject for a ceremonial object used by those charged with protecting others from evil, as the Revelation of Saint John the Divine tells that the archangel Michael cast the dragon out of heaven.
 
This crozier has a distinguished modern history. It is one of three illustrated by the great Romantic painter Eug&Atilde;&uml;ne Delacroix in a drawing now preserved in the Mus&Atilde;&copy;e des Arts D&Atilde;&copy;coratifs in Paris.
  
  
  Title
  Crozier Head: Saint Michael and the Dragon
  
  
  Artwork Date
  between 1210 and 1225
  
  Artist
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  Nationality
  
  
  
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  French
  
  
  
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  Medium
  Gilt copper with champlev&Atilde;&copy; enameling
  
  
  Dimensions
  Overall: 12 3/4 &Atilde;&#151; 6 &Atilde;&#151; 3 inches (32.4 &Atilde;&#151; 15.2 &Atilde;&#151; 7.6 cm)
  Mount: 16 1/4 &Atilde;&#151; 6 3/4 &Atilde;&#151; 4 1/2 inches (41.3 &Atilde;&#151; 17.1 &Atilde;&#151; 11.4 cm)
  
  
  Classification
  Enamel
  
  
  Department
  European Sculpture and Dec Arts
  
  
  Credit
  Gift of Anne and Henry Ford II
  
  
  
  Accession Number
  
  
  
  This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection.
  Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum&acirc;&#128;&#153;s holdings.
  For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems&acirc;&#128;&#148;no longer assigned&acirc;&#128;&#148;that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups.
  
  
  
  59.297
  
  
  Copyright
  Public Domain
  
  
  
