Saint George Killing the Dragon
1520
Artist, German, c. 1485/1490 - 1553
Artwork overview
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Medium
woodcut on laid paper
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Credit Line
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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
2008.29.1
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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.
Associated Names
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