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Saint George and the Dragon, also known as Saint George Killing the Dragon is a tempera painting by the Catalan artist Bernat Martorell, painted c. 1434 – c. 1435.It depicts the famous legend of Saint George and the Dragon, in which the Christian knight Saint George rescues a princess from a dragon.
One of the earliest surviving works of Martorell, Saint George and the Dragon (tempera on panel, Art Institute of Chicago), depicting Bernat Martorell's patron saint, was created in the early 1430s and already demonstrates the complexity of composition, richness of colors and fine details which could only have been executed by a fully trained ...
The iconography of military saints Theodore, George and Demetrius as horsemen is a direct continuation of the Roman-era "Thracian horseman" type iconography.The iconography of the dragon appears to grow out of the serpent entwining the "tree of life" on one hand, and with the draco standard used by late Roman cavalry on the other.
Saint George and the Dragon, 1434/35, by Bernat Martorell. The saint's veneration dates to the 5th century with some certainty, and possibly even to the 4th, while the collection of his miracles gradually began during the medieval times. [16]
Saint George and the Dragon (Farleigh Hungerford Castle) ... Saint George and the Dragon (Martorell) P. Saint George on Horseback; R. Saint George (Raphael, Louvre)
Bernat Martorell painting of Sant Jordi, the dragon, and the princess. Probably commissioned by the Catalan government in c. 1434. Before 1931, April 23 was known as the Day of the Rose or Sant Jordi's Day in Catalonia (Saint George or San Jorge in other regions of Spain and Europe).
Source: "Conceived in the elegant, decorative International Gothic style, the painting was originally the center of an altarpiece dedicated to Saint George that was apparently made for the chapel of the palace of the Catalan government in Barcelona." Art Institute Chicago; Reviewed: St. Nikolaus von Flüe, Wörsdorf; Created by JeBonSer .
Paintings of Saint George and the Dragon (17 P) Pages in category "Paintings of Saint George (martyr)" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.