Winged Dragon (one of five medallions from a coffret)
Unknown
ca. 1110–30 · Copper-gilt, champlevé enamel · Medieval Art
The blue and green beasts, locked in battle and compressed into these circular medallions, are emblematic of goldsmiths’ work created at Conques under the patronage of Abbot Boniface (r. 1107–after 1121). On a similar box still at Conques, an inscription proudly proclaims: “In all respects, the coffrets of Conques demonstrate brilliant workmanship.”
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- ca. 1110–30
- Medium
- Copper-gilt, champlevé enamel
- Culture
- French
- Department
- Medieval Art
- Credit line
- Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
