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Saint George Killing the Dragon

1520

Wolf Huber

Associated Names

Wolf Huber

Artist, German, c. 1485/1490 - 1553

This is a drawing of a knight on horseback confronting a dragon in a forest. The knight, in armor, raises his sword towards the dragon. The dragon is snarling and coiled in the foreground, surrounded by trees and rough terrain. In the background, there is a castle on a hill with smoke rising. The drawing features detailed cross-hatching and line work reminiscent of prints from the Renaissance period, with dramatic trees and cloudy skies creating a sense of movement and tension in the scene.

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Artwork overview

Medium

woodcut on laid paper
Credit Line

Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund and Edward E. MacCrone Fund
Dimensions

block: 20.2 x 15 cm (7 15/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
sheet: 20.5 x 15.6 cm (8 1/16 x 6 1/8 in.)
Accession Number

2008.29.1
Catalogue Raisonné

Winzinger 1979, no. 271

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Richard Zinser, Forest Hills, NY (not in Lugt); by descent to his family. (C. G. Boerner, New York); purchased 2008 by NGA.

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Bibliography

1802

Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna: J.V. Degen, 1802-1821.

1949

Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge

1979

Winzinger, Franz. Wolf Huber: das Gesamtwerk. 2 vols. München: Hirmer Verlag, 1979

2015

Busine, Laurent and Manfred Sellink, eds. The Glory of Saint George: Man, Dragon and Death. Brussels, 2015: 264, fig. 114.

Inscriptions

upper center in sky: 1520

Wikidata ID

Q76438640

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