Saint George and the Dragon

c. 1500

Master MZ

Associated Names
Master MZ

Artist, German, active c. 1500

This is a drawing of a knight battling a dragon. It features an armored knight on a horse raising a sword above his head to strike the dragon below him. The dragon has a snarling expression and is twisted beneath the horse. The horse's mane and tail are swirling, conveying motion, while the dragon's scales are textured. The background shows hills and grassy terrain, with a smaller figure possibly watching from afar. The monochromatic drawing emphasizes line work and shading to depict depth and tension in the scene.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 10 × 8.4 cm (3 15/16 × 3 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.178

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lehrs, Vol. 8, p.351, no. 4, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Albertina, Vienna (duplicate); (M. Knoedler & Co., New York); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1930; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1967

  • Fifteenth Century Engravings of Northern Europe from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., NGA, 1967-1968, no. 146, repro.

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. 146.

Watermarks

fragment of bull's head with serpent on cross

Wikidata ID

Q64960425

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