Dragon battling a warrior at the Rector's Palace in Dubrovnik

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The depiction of a warrior battling a dragon on a capitel in the porch of the Rector's palace in Dubrovnik. Most likely this scultpure was made in the 1460s or 1470s during the restoration of the building. The author is unknown, perhaps a local master.

Literature:

Igor Fisković, Reljef renesansnog Dubrovnika (The Relief of Renaissance Dubrovnik). Dubrovnik: Matica hrvatska, Ogranak Dubrovnik, 1993.

Radovan Ivančević, Umjetničko blago Hrvatske (The Artistic Treasure of Croatia). Motovun, 1993

Vladimir Marković and Milan Prelog, eds. Zlatno doba Dubrovnika XV. i XVI. Stoljeće (Golden Age of Dubrovnik: 15th and 16th centuries). Zagreb-Dubrovnik: Muzejski prostor i Dubrovački muzej, 1987.

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