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| Keywords: Netherlandish - Saint Michael and the Dragon - Walters 27321.jpg The archangel Michael was widely honored as a saint in which role he is sometimes shown without his customary wings Wearing the armor of a 15th-century knight he is represented as defender of the Church against the devil here symbolized by the dragon Saint George is also depicted as a knight slaying a dragon but only Michael wears a diadem In this lithe and beautifully detailed figure we see a late reflection of the International Gothic style The sword is a later replacement ca 1480 1490 Late Medieval oak cm 114 9 41 1 27 accession number 27 321 1384 Jacques Seligmann Paris by purchase Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1914 place of origin Spain Walters Art Museum license Renaissance sculpture in the Walters Art Museum Medieval art in the Walters Art Museum Art of the Netherlands Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist update Statues of Saint Michael in the Netherlands | ||||
