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Saint George and the Dragon

Anthonis Sallaert

Associated Names

Anthonis Sallaert

Artist, Flemish, c. 1590 - 1658

This is a painting featuring a knight battling a dragon. The artwork depicts a knight on horseback, wielding a lance towards a dragon below. The dragon's body is detailed with scales and wings, giving a sense of movement and tension. Cherubic figures float among clouds above, and a draped figure reaches skyward to the left. The painting is full of energy and drama, with swift lines and swirling forms. It is in the style of Peter Paul Rubens, capturing a moment of action and storytelling.

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Artwork overview

Medium

brush and brown and white gouache
Credit Line

Julius S. Held Collection, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Dimensions

Overall: 27 x 17.1 cm (10 5/8 x 6 3/4 in.)
support: 39 x 27.1 cm (15 3/8 x 10 11/16 in.)
Accession Number

1984.3.58

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(L'Art ancien S.A., Zurich); Julius S. Held; NGA purchase in 1984.

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Exhibition History

1970

Selections from the Drawing Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Julius S. Held, University Art Gallery, Binghamton; traveling exhibition, 1970, no. 46.

Bibliography

1950

L'Art ancien, S.A., Handzeichnungen. Zurich, n.d. (Katalog 50), no. 48 (as Austrian or German, 2nd half of the 17th century).

Inscriptions

recto: none; verso, on mount, in graphite in later hand: AA19966/RAE

Wikidata ID

Q64536175

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