Saint George and the Dragon
c. 1506 · Oil on panel · National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
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About this work
- Artist
- Raphael (1483–1520)
- Year
- c. 1506
- Medium
- Oil on panel
- Original size
- 28.5 × 21.5 cm
- Collection
- National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
- Movement
- Renaissance
In a small, finely detailed panel Saint George in silver armour rides a rearing white horse and drives his lance into a dragon on the rocky ground, while the princess he has come to save kneels in prayer at the right. Raphael painted it in about 1505–1506 for Guidobaldo da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino, who had been made a Knight of the Garter by Henry VII of England in 1504. The saint wears the blue garter below his knee, and the first word of the order's motto, HONI, can be made out; the picture was probably a gift to Henry VII or to the envoy who brought the regalia. By 1627 it was at Wilton House with the Earl of Pembroke, then belonged to Charles I, and was sold after his execution. Later in the Crozat collection in Paris, it was bought by Catherine the Great in 1772 and hung in the Hermitage until the Soviet government sold it to Andrew W. Mellon in 1931. It is now in the National Gallery of Art in Washington.
This full-bleed edition prints the work edge to edge from a high-resolution scan of the original, very slightly cropped (a few percent at most) to fit the sheet. The gallery edition shows the whole work, uncropped. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
A knight in silver armour on a white horse spearing a dark dragon, with a praying princess and feathery trees, for a study, library or hallway at 18×24 in black. A deep green or warm ochre wall; it pairs with Equestrian Portrait of Charles I.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Renaissance painting
- Era
- 16th century (c. 1506)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Mood
- grand
- Rooms
- hallway or entryway, study or library, living room, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 18×24. Prints at 12×16, 18×24, 24×32 in — 12×16 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 18×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×32 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.
Framing. Printed edge to edge: a slim black or natural wood frame right to the image, or let the canvas wrap do the framing.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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About this design
The Madten promise
An exhibition poster
The same artwork as a gallery exhibition poster — title, artist & date typeset beneath the image on a soft ground.
A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.
