Saint Margaret of Antioch with the Dragon, alabaster sculpture
A pale alabaster figure of a young woman with long wavy hair and a small crown sits atop a scaly dragon, her draped mantle falling around her. The dragon's coiled body and clawed feet rest on a grassy base, with traces of gilding visible in the hair.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- ca. 1475
- Medium
- Alabaster, with traces of gilding
- Source
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Size
- 3000 × 4000 px
Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1480).
Rights checked 2026-11-04 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-04 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Anthony and Lois Blumka, in memory of Ruth Blumka, 2000
