Saint George and the Dragon

c. 1480/1490

Israhel van Meckenem

Artist, German, c. 1445 - 1503

Master FVB

Artist, Flemish, active c. 1480/1500

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 18.1 x 12.8 cm (7 1/8 x 5 1/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.201

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lehrs, Vol. 7, p.148, no. 42, State ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Charles Sessler, Philadelphia); 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. 128, repro.

1995

  • Medieval Monsters: Dragons and Fantastic Creatures, Katonah Museum of Art, NY, 1995, fig. 35.

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. 128.

1995

  • Benton, Janetta Rebold. Medieval Monsters: Dragons and Fantastic Creatures. Exh. cat. Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY, 1995: fig. 35, p. 34.

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q64960416

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