Saint George and the Dragon, Luca Signorelli (workshop of), 1495 - 1505

Identification

Title(s)

Saint George and the Dragon

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-3430

Description

Sint Joris en de draak. In een bergachtig landschap verslaat de heilige Joris (een ridder te paard) de draak, op de grond liggen de lichamen van eerder door de draak gedode mannen, links staat een jonge vrouw met haar armen in de lucht. Rechts vertrekt Sint Joris met de prinses te paard. In het landschap op de achtergrond staan paleizen en een ruïne.

Creation

Artist

painter: Luca Signorelli (workshop of)

Dating

1495 - 1505

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on panel

Material

Measurements

height 55 cm × width 77.5 cm
depth 8.4 cm

Subject

What

St. George and the dragon: dressed in armour and mounted on a (white) horse he brandishes his sword (his lance lies already broken on the ground); the princess nearby may be shown praying or fleeing

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

J.W.E. vom Rath Bequest, Amsterdam

Acquisition

bequest 1941

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

Inv.;…; collection Julius Wilhelm Edwin vom Rath (1863-1940), Amsterdam, 1927;{Dussler 1927, p. 213.} by whom bequeathed, with 305 other objects, to the museum, 1941

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Notes

Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

Documentation

Luca Signorelli, Fabio de Chirico, p. 221; p. 316, cat.nr. 45
Luca Signorelli, Laurence B. Kanter, Tom Henry, Giusi Testa, p. 194, cat.nr. 50
Familie Vom Rath-Bunge te Amsterdam : en de nalatenschap van J.W.E. vom Rath (1863-1940)
Aanwinsten 1940-1946 : tentoonstelling van schilderijen, beeldhouwkunst, meubelen, kunstnijverheid, teekeningen en prenten, verworven in de jaren 1940-1946, p. 21, cat.nr. 44
De glorie van Sint-Joris : de man, de draak en de dood, Laurent Busine, Manfred Sellink, p. 34, 266-267, afb. 19, cat.nr. 79
Tom Henry, La vita e l'arte di Luca Signorelli, Città di Castellano, 2014, p. 226-227, afb. 212

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.5459

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