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The archangel is holding a small shield in his left hand and in his right a lance with which he strikes the dragon at his feet.\r\n\r\nThe material is pipeclay, which is a fine white clay also used to make tobacco pipes and pottery. Conveniently situated on a major trading route, Siegburg was a centre of ceramic production with well-organised workshops and kilns in which also  pipe-clay figures were fired.\r\n\r\nThis figure was cast from a two-part mould and is characteristic of the small mass-produced images that, like woodcuts, were cheaply available by 1500. Conveniently situated on a major trading route, Siegburg was a centre of ceramic production with well-organised workshops and kilns in which pipe-clay figures were also fired.\r\n\r\nThe archangel Michael is the first of the angels. He is usually represented in armour with a sword and standing over or fighting with a dragon or he is shown with scales. God sent him to cast out Lucifer and he is also regarded as the angel of the Resurrection. He would receive the souls of the dead to weigh them in his balance.","physicalDescription":"Standing figure of archangel Michael, holding a small shield in his left hand and in his right a lance with which he strikes the dragon at his feet.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"pipeclay","id":"x43337"}],"techniques":[{"text":"casting","id":"AAT53104"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Pipeclay","categories":[{"text":"Sculpture","id":"THES48896"},{"text":"Christianity","id":"THES48978"},{"text":"Religion","id":"THES48900"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"SCP","id":"THES48600"},"images":["2017JU0120"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"003","id":"THES395456"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Statuette","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Germany","id":"x28873"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"ca. 1480-1500","earliest":"1475-01-01","latest":"1500-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"12.06","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"This figure was cast from a two-part mould and is characteristic of a small mass-produced images that, like woodcuts, were cheaply available by 1500. Conveniently situated on a major trading route, Siegburg was a centre of ceramic production with well-organised workshops and kilns in which pipe-clay figures were also fired.\r\nBought from Thewalt Collection.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Statuette, pipeclay, St Michael and the Dragon, Germany (Siegburg), ca. 1480-1500","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Inventory of Works of Art Acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum in the Years 1903 - 1904. <u>In</u>: <u>List of Works of Art Acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum, During the Year 1903, Arranged According to the Dates of  Acquisition with Appendix and Indices</u>. London: Printed for His Majesty's Stationery Office, by Wyman and Sons, Limited, 1907, p. 269"}],"production":"Germany, Siegburg","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[{"text":"Michael (Archangel)","id":"N899"}],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"lance","id":"AAT37029"},{"text":"shield","id":"x42653"},{"text":"dragon","id":"x30096"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["1579-1903"],"accessionNumberNum":"1579","accessionNumberPrefix":"","accessionYear":1903,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2019LW4471"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-11-13","recordCreationDate":"2008-11-25","availableToBook":true}}