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Saint George (Italian: San Giorgio) is a marble sculpture by Donatello. It is one of fourteen sculptures commissioned by the guilds of Florence [1] to decorate the external niches of the Orsanmichele church. St. George was commissioned by the guild of the armorers and sword makers, the Arte dei Corazzai e Spadai.
Saint George Freeing the Princess is a marble stiacciato bas-relief sculpture by Donatello, sculpted around 1416 or 1417. [1] It was originally situated under the same artist's Saint George on an external niche of the church of Orsanmichele in Florence; both works are now in the Bargello Museum, with replicas replacing them in their original positions.
The Donatello room. The Bargello, also known as the Palazzo del Bargello or Palazzo del Popolo ("Palace of the People"), is a former public building and police headquarters, later a prison, in Florence, Italy. Mostly built in the 13th century, since 1865 it has housed the Museo Nazionale del Bargello, a national art museum.
October 10, 1975 (Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, 2905 Hyde Street: Fisherman's Wharf: Flat-bottomed scow schooner built in 1891 to haul goods on and around San Francisco Bay and river delta areas.
In 1967, the city of San Francisco, California, adopted Article 10 of the Planning Code, providing the city with the authority to designate and protect landmarks from inappropriate alterations. As of June 2024, the city had designated 318 structures or other properties as San Francisco Designated Landmarks. [1]
Donatello's Saint George Freeing the Princess of 1417, the first known stiacciato relief. Stiacciato (Tuscan) or schiacciato (Italian for "pressed" or "flattened out") is a technique where a sculptor creates a very shallow relief sculpture with carving only millimetres deep. [1] The rilievo stiacciato is primarily associated with Donatello ...
The tomb of Saint George in Lydda, just south of Tel Aviv. Saint George is one of Christianity's most popular saints, and is highly honored by both the Western and Eastern Churches. [1] A wide range of devotions, traditions, and prayers to honor the saint have emerged throughout the centuries.
The surviving section shows the moment of St. George's legend in which he is mounting his horse (shown from the rear) before sailing to kill the dragon which was to devour the daughter of the city's king. Behind the princess, on the right, are three horses with knights, and a crouched ram. On the left are a hound and a companion dog.