Saint George and the Dragon (Rubens)

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Saint George and the Dragon
Artist Peter Paul Rubens
Year ca. 1620
Type Oil on canvas
Dimensions 427 cm × 312 cm (168 in × 123 in)
Location Museo del Prado, Madrid

Saint George and the Dragon is a painting by Peter Paul Rubens (c. 1620), based upon the motif with the same name. It is housed in the Museo del Prado of Madrid.

It was painted in Genoa (Saint George is the patron of this city) while Rubens was to Italy to complete his artistic training. The princess' presence on the left is included to represent the Church.[1]

[edit] Note

  1. ^ "Saint George and the Dragon". http://museoprado.mcu.es/idragon.html. Retrieved 2007-09-29. 

[edit] See also

Infante Isabella Clara Eugenia (1566-1633) · The Deposition (1602) · Equestrian Portrait of the Duke of Lerma (1603) · Portrait of a Young Woman (1603) · Virgin and Child (c. 1604) · Marchesa Brigida Spinola-Doria (1606) · Susanna and the Elders (1607) · Samson and Delilah (1609-1610) · Honeysuckle Bower (1609-1610) · Raising of the Cross (1610-1611) · Massacre of the Innocents (c. 1611) · Prometheus Bound (1611-1612) · Descent from the Cross (1611–1614) · St Sebastian (c. 1614) · The Hippopotamus and Crocodile Hunt (1615-1616) · Romulus and Remus (1615-1616) · Adoration of the Magi (1616-1617) · The Fall of the Damned (ca. 1620) · Saint George and the Dragon (c. 1620) · Perseus Freeing Andromeda (1620) · Marie de' Medici cycle (1621–1630) · Assumption of the Virgin Mary (1625-1626) · The Fall of Man (1628–1629) · The Feast of Venus (c. 1635) · Consequences of War (c. 1638) · The Three Graces (1636-1638) · Judgment of Paris (c. 1638-1639)
Self-portrait by Peter Paul Rubens.jpg


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