Index of Medieval Art

Work of Art Record 27320

United States, New York: Museum, Metropolitan Museum, Cloisters
United States, New York: Museum, Metropolitan Museum, Cloisters

Record No

27320

Collection

The Jane Hayward Database of Medieval Art

Location

United States, New York, New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Cloisters

Date

c. 1200

Subject Headings

Lion

Notes

Accession Number: 16.142

Lion of Judah tramples a dragon, the personification of evil. In the background is the Coronation of the Virgin flanked by the archangel Gabriel and St. Leonard.

Spanish, Leon region.

Sandstone relief. From Zamorra, Church of San Leonardo.

Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1916.

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