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Saint George the dragon slayer1

The theme of Saint George battling the dragon has a long history in art, where it has often been understood as a metaphor for the victory of the Christian spirit over the forces of evil.

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Saint George the dragon slayer1

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  1. SAINT GEORGE THE DRAGON SLAYER

  2. British Museum London 16th century pendant British Museum London

  3. Lesser George of the Order of the Garter, 1628-1629, made for William Compton British Museum London

  4. Flemish, gothic, ivory, 1340-1360 Diptych with Saint George and the Dragon and the Virgin and Child with Saints Walters Museum

  5. Part of the insignia of the Order of the Knight of the Garter from 1628 British Museum London

  6. The Most Noble Order of the Garter, Collar Badge (The George), sent to Christian IV by James I in 1603

  7. The Most Noble Order of the Garter, Collar Badge (The George) Ex-Rothschild collection

  8. British Museum London Greek icon

  9. St George and the dragon flanked by the Dandolo Arms Venetian wall plaque circa 1500 Victoria & Albert Museum London

  10. St George and the Dragon, Southwark Cathedral

  11. Earthenware dish from the 1700's British Museum London

  12. Ceramic Made in Florence around 1520 Musée du Louvre

  13. Carved ivory - Victoria & Albert Museum London Marble sculpture

  14. Plamen Dinkov woodcarving, Sofia, Bulgaria

  15. Michel Colombe (c. 1430 – c. 1513) Musée du Louvre

  16. Michel Colombe Saint Georges combattant le dragon; sculpture sur marbre,vers 1508, provenant de la chapelle du château de Gaillon (1,750 × 2,720 m) Musée du Louvre

  17. London Treasure House, 19-21 Hatton Garden Figure holding a small St George and the Dragon on top of a pot 

  18. Donatello The base of the niche in which Donatello's St George was placed, with the bas-relief representing the saint's combat with the dragon for the freeing of the Princess of Cappadocia (detail)

  19. Donatello St George and the Dragon c. 1416Marble, 39 x 120 cmMuseo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence

  20. Donatello’s marble St. George was originally sculpted in 1416 for a niche on Or San Michele

  21. St George, Misericord in Norwich Cathedral

  22. St. George (with diamond armour) possibly French 16th c. British museum Double-sovereign St George & Dragon motif designed by Benedetto Pistrucci which is still in use today

  23. Saint George Tympanum, Brinsop, Hertfordshire

  24. St. George and the Dragon Sculpture by the great ceramicist, Gunnar Nylund, for the Rorstrand pottery in Sweden

  25. Windsor

  26. Salvador Dali (1904-1989)

  27. Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Singapore

  28. Salvador Dali (1904-1989) St. George and the Dragon, conceived in 1977 first cast in 1984, bronze Singapore

  29. Salvador Dali (1904-1989) St. George and the Dragon, conceived in 1977 first cast in 1984, bronze Saint Tropez

  30. Salvador Dali (1904-1989) St. George and the Dragon, 1964

  31. Antonello Gagini (1478-1536) ~ San Giorgio e il drago ~ Palermo, Chiesa di San Francesco d’Assisi

  32. A statue of St.George adorning a house in Amsterdam

  33. Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium Sint Joriskerk Paris, Eglise Saint-Georges de la Villette

  34. 15th century German sculpture Victoria & Albert Museum London 15th century sculpture British Museum London

  35. 16th century sculpture attributed to Giovan Angelo del Maino. (Huntington Library) Gdansk Muzeum Narodowe Gdansk, Poland

  36. Gothic statue of the St. George and the Dragon from 1485 at the Artus Court in Gdansk, Poland

  37. St George over the St George Brotherhood Mansion Gdansk, Poland St. Mary's Church. St. George and the Dragon. Gothic sculptures and murals

  38. Gdansk, Statue over the St George Brotherhood Mansion

  39. St. George – Knox, Maine Sculpture (2005)

  40. St George and the dragon Art Nouveau 1930 by Beryl Ellis

  41. Sir Alfred Gilbert (1854–1934), St George, Made of bronze, rich dark brown patina on green veined marble base

  42. Meister von Großlobming, St. George, Vienna, late 14th cent Belvedere museum St George 16th Century French, Wood

  43. South German Metropolitan Art Museum

  44. Attributed to Hans von Judenburg. Saint George and the Dragon 1420 Metropolitan Art Museum Metropolitan Art Museum

  45. Spanish Saint George, 15th century Wood with polychromy Tilman Riemenschneider 1490-95 ca

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