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Hand-colored print of an winged angel with a halo spearing a pink dragon with a golden cross-topped staff on green ground.

Archangel Michael Defeating the Dragon

A winged angel with a golden halo stands in a white robe, thrusting a gold cross-tipped staff down into a pink, clawed dragon coiled on green ground. Hand-colored woodcut-style print with pink, blue, ochre and green washes over black line work.

Artist
anoniem
Date
1450-1470
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
2738 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1470.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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