Saint George and the Dragon

c. 1480/1490

Master AG

Artist, German, active c. 1475/1490

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet/image: 11.3 × 16.9 cm (4 7/16 × 6 5/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1946.21.303

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lehrs, Vol. 6, p.116, no. 19, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(William Schab, New York); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1946; gift to NGA, 1946.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1960

  • Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 1960, no cat.

1967

  • Fifteenth Century Engravings of Northern Europe from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., NGA, 1967-1968, no. 122, repro.

1972

  • A Selection of Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Colby College Art Museum, Waterville, ME, 1972.

1973

  • Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-Century Prints of Northern Europe from the National Gallery of Art Rosenwald Collection, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1973, no. 28.

1995

  • Medieval Monsters: Dragons and Fantastic Creatures, Katonah Museum of Art, NY, 1995, fig. 36.

Bibliography

1908

  • Lehrs, Max. Geschichte und kritischer Katalog des deutschen, niederlandischen und franzosischen Kupferstichs im XV. Jahrhundert. 9 vols. and 1 plate vol. Vienna: Gesellschaft fur vervielfaltigende Kunst, 1908-1934.

1967

  • Shestack, Alan. Fifteenth Century Engravings of Northern Europe from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.. Exh. cat. Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1967: no. 122.

1995

  • Benton, Janetta Rebold. Medieval Monsters: Dragons and Fantastic Creatures. Exh. cat. Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY, 1995: fig. 36, p. 34.

Markings

none

Wikidata ID

Q65081147

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