Saint George and the Dragon

1825/1830

Moritz von Schwind

Associated Names
Moritz von Schwind

Artist, Austrian, 1804 - 1871

The image shows a knight on horseback slaying a dragon. The knight is clad in plate armor with a plumed helmet and is spearing the dragon with a long lance. The horse rears beneath the knight. The dragon has scales and a serpentine tail and is shown in a posture of forced submission beneath the horse. Stylized trees and rocky formations are in the background. The artwork is composed with fine lines and cross-hatching to delineate form and texture.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 20.3 x 16.6 cm (8 x 6 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1998.22.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Private collection, Darmstadt; (sale, Munich, Karl and Faber, 28 November 1975, lot 624); Wolfgang Ratjen, Vaduz; (Katrin Bellinger, Munich); purchased by NGA, 1998.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1942

  • Schneider, Arthur von, Deutsche Romantikerzeichnungen, Munich, 1942, no. 44.

Wikidata ID

Q64617961

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