The Housebook Master Middle Rhenish, active c. 1465/1500 Saint George on Foot, c. 1490 drypoint Rijksprentenkabinet, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Religious Images

Saint George slays the dragon who pathetically clutches his tail by turning him over and cutting his throat. This is the prescribed method by which deer were dispatched in aristocratic hunts in the Middle Ages, which suggests that the master may have himself taken part in such courtly activities.

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