St George and the Dragon

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Sculpture, Room 111, The Gilbert Bayes Gallery

Artist/Maker	Enzola, Gianfrancesco (makers)
Place of origin	Italy (made)

Plaquettes are small plaques made of bronze, brass, lead or precious metals. They originated in the 1440s with the desire to reproduce coins and hardstone engravings from ancient Greece and Rome. Some were made as collector’s pieces, to be viewed and displayed in private, and others for practical purposes. They also inspired designs in other media, from architecture to bookbindings.

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Category	Coins & Medals
Object type	Plaquette
Title	St George and the Dragon (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Bronze Bronze
Brief description	Plaquette, bronze, probably by Giovanni Francesco Enzola, Italy, ca. 1475-1500
Physical description	Plaquette depicts: St. George in full armour, plumed helmet, and floating mantle, gallops to the right spearing the dragon; in the background the Princess Sabra watches from a rock on the right.
Dimensions	Diameter: 6.8cm
Subject depicted	St. George
Summary	Plaquettes are small plaques made of bronze, brass, lead or precious metals. They originated in the 1440s with the desire to reproduce coins and hardstone engravings from ancient Greece and Rome. Some were made as collector’s pieces, to be viewed and displayed in private, and others for practical purposes. They also inspired designs in other media, from architecture to bookbindings.
Bibliographic references	Inventory of Art Objects Acquired in the Year 1861 In: Inventory of the Objects in the Art Division of the Museum at South Kensington, Arranged According to the Dates of their Acquisition. Vol I. London: Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode for H.M.S.O., 1868, p. 24 Pope-Hennessy, John. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection. Reliefs - Plaquettes - Statuettes - Utensils and Mortars . London: 1965, p. 24, fig 69. See for an oval variant Maclagan, Eric. Catalogue of Italian Plaquettes . London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1924, p.46
Collection	Sculpture Collection
Accession number	7423-1861

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Record created	May 9, 2005
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O111873/st-george-and-the-dragon-plaquette-enzola-gianfrancesco/

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