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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 ...
William Shakespeare refers to Saint George and the Dragon in Richard III ( Advance our standards, set upon our foes Our ancient world of courage fair St. George Inspire us with the spleen of fiery dragons act V, sc. 3), Henry V ( The game's afoot: follow your spirit, and upon this charge cry 'God for Harry, England, and Saint George!' act III ...
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, free illustrated book based on 'The Seven Champions' by Richard Johnson (1596) Archnet; Saint George and the Dragon links and pictures (more than 125), from Dragons in Art and on the Web; Story of Saint George from The Golden Legends; Saint George and the Boy Scouts, including a woodcut of a Scout on horseback slaying ...
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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. The first mention of its ...
Between 1430 and 1445 Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford, a former Speaker of the House of Commons, expanded his castle at Farleigh Hungerford considerably. [1] The extension to the castle enclosed the former parish church, which became Walter's castle chapel, with a replacement church being built in the village. [2]
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.