Painted with St. George and the Dragon

Features

Artwork title:  San Giorgio e il drago

Age:  19th Century / 1801 - 1900 , 18th Century / 1701 - 1800

Subject:  Figures of Saints

Artistic technique:  Painting

Technical specification:  Oil on Canvas

Description : San Giorgio e il drago

Oil painting on canvas. St. George is depicted here according to traditional iconography, as a Roman soldier on horseback, as he was according to tradition, intent on killing a dragon with his spear; in the background the Libyan city that was subject to the tyranny of the dragon. The fight of St. George with the dragon, taken from the Golden Legend, in the Middle Ages became the symbol of the fight of good against evil and, for this reason, the world of chivalry saw its ideals embodied in it and the cult of the saint became very popular in the West and throughout the Byzantine East, where he is the "great martyr" and the "conqueror" par excellence. On the back of the canvas presented here there is an inscription from 1814 which indicates the transfer of ownership. The painting is presented in a frame from the early 1900s.

Product Condition:
Product in good condition, shows small signs of wear. We try to present the real state as fully as possible with photos. If some details are not clear from the photos, what is reported in the description will prevail.

Frame Size (cm):
Height: 90
Width: 75
Depth: 6

Artwork dimensions (cm):
Height: 63
Width: 48