Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Saint George or Saint George and the Dragon is a small painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Raphael, executed c. 1503–1505. It is housed in the Louvre in Paris . A later version of the same subject is the Saint George and the Dragon in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
St. George and the Dragon is a small oil on wood cabinet painting by the Italian High Renaissance artist Raphael, painted c. 1505, and now in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. The saint wears the blue garter of the English Order of the Garter , reflecting the award of this decoration in 1504 to Raphael's patron Guidobaldo da ...
St. George and the Dragon – Rivière's depiction of an exhausted St. George lying down beside the slain dragon is a radical departure from the triumphant equestrian position in which this saint is traditionally depicted. Briton Rivière RA (14 August 1840 – 20 April 1920) [1] was a British artist of Huguenot descent.
John the Baptist was Richard's patron saint, and Saint Edward and Saint Edmund had both been English kings. Richard had a special devotion to Edmund, who with St George is one of the patron saints of England. The Dunstable Swan Jewel, a livery badge in ronde bosse enamel, about 1400. British Museum
Saint George and the Dragon is a painting by Paolo Uccello dating from around 1470. It is on display in the National Gallery, London, United Kingdom. [1] It was formerly housed in the Palais LanckoroĊski in Vienna, belonging to Count Karol LanckoroĊski and sold by his son and heir Anton in 1959 through Mr. Farago.
George did not rise to the position of "patron saint" of England, however, until the 14th century, and he was still obscured by Edward the Confessor, the traditional patron saint of England, until in 1552 during the reign of Edward VI all saints' banners other than George's were abolished in the English Reformation. [43] [44]
Nowadays Saint George is the patron saint of both Aragon and Catalonia, as well as the patron saint of Barcelona (see Flag of Barcelona) and other historically important Spanish towns such as Cáceres or Alcoi (Spanish language: San Jorge, Catalan language: Sant Jordi, Aragonese language: San Chorche). [15]
Saint George (280–303 AD): the patron saint of England [1] Alfred the Great (848/49 – 899) was King of Wessex, becoming the dominant ruler in England. [43] Lady Godiva (died between 1066 and 1086) was a late Anglo-Saxon noblewoman who is regarded as an English hero for her gallant protection of her people against high taxation.