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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 SLAYER
1535-1536 –Head of a ceremony baton -Koninklijke Musea voor Kunst en GeschiedenisBrussel, Belgium
1535-1536 –Head of a ceremony baton -Koninklijke Musea voor Kunst en GeschiedenisBrussel, Belgium
Bamberg, Bayern, Germany 1573 - 'St. George, Schöne Pforte' (Pankraz Wagner), Alte Hofhaltung
Austrian/South German, ~1480 Dresden (Germany) Military Museum
Hassfurt, Lower Franconia (Germany) Knights chapel Stein Am Rhein on the Rhine River in Switzerland
Sanctuary St. Wolfgang (Austria), High Altar completed in 1481, Michael Pacher, St. George and St. Florian
Alcoy (Spain) Monument of Sant Jordi by Jose Gonzalvo Vives (1929-2010), plaza de La Rosaleda
Alcoy (Spain, province of Alicante) Monument of Sant Jordi by Jose Gonzalvo Vives (1929-2010), plaza de La Rosaleda
Medieval Iconographic Ring Rare medieval St George ring found in Norfolk
Dresde (Germany) Dinglinger, Johann Melchior (1664-1731) Jeweller Goldsmith made late 1600s The Green Vaults Musuem Dresde (Germany) Pendant St. George 16 Century Staatliche Kunstsammlunge
Moscow Late 17th – early 18th centuries Tretyakov gallery)
Moscow 1460s. Tretyakov gallery. Vologda, State Museum of History Central Russia, second half of the 16th century
Malta Gozo island wood sculpture by Pietro Paolo Azzopardi 1839 Malta Gozo island
Victoria, also known as Rabat or by its title Città Victoria, is the capital city of Gozo, the second largest island in Malta
ca. 1500 'St. George', Hürten-Heimatmuseum, Bad Münstereifel, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany ca. 1460-1480 - reliquary Breda's Museum, Netherlands
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Scotland Lamb Holm – Orkney
Schleswig (Germany), Gottorf Castle
Schleswig (Germany), Gottorf Castle is a castle and estate in the city of Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Germany Muenchen-Milbertshofen Altar Werktagsseite - St. Georg (Milbertshofen, alte Kirche)
Timisoara (Romania) Sculptor Sivia Radu
Valencia (Spain) Reliquiari de Sant Jordi d'Eloi Camanyes, 1596, Ajuntament de València
ca. 1480 - 'St. George's Reliquary' (design maybe by Bernt Notke), Hamburg, Germany
ca. 1480 - 'St. George's Reliquary' (design maybe by Bernt Notke), Hamburg, Germany
ca. 1490-1500 - 'St. George and the dragon with donors', plaster cast, Reserve Collection of Le Grand Curtius, Liège, province of Liège, Belgium