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Statuette

late 16th century - 17th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Italy (made)

This bronze statuette of St George and the Dragon represents the saint fully armed seated on a rearing horse, looking down on the dragon, and holding a sword in his right hand. The statuette is Italian and dates from the late sixteenth or seventeenth century, however the Dragon is of a later date.


Object details

Object type
Statuette
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Statuette
  • Statuette
Materials and techniques
Bronze
Bronze
Brief description
Bronze statuette of St George and the Dragon. Italian, 16th or 17th century
Physical description
Statuette, bronze. St George and the Dragon. The saint fully armed, is seated on a rearing horse, looking down on the dragon, and holding a sword in his right hand. Dragon is of a later date.
Credit line
Bequeathed by John Jones
Object history
Jones Bequest.
Subjects depicted
Dragon
St. George
Summary
This bronze statuette of St George and the Dragon represents the saint fully armed seated on a rearing horse, looking down on the dragon, and holding a sword in his right hand. The statuette is Italian and dates from the late sixteenth or seventeenth century, however the Dragon is of a later date.
Bibliographic references
  • List of Objects in the Art Division, South Kensington Museum acquired during the Year 1882. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1883. pp. 87
  • Catalogue of the Jones Bequest. 1924, II, No. 440, pp.108
  • c.f. Müller-Walde, P. 'Beiträge zür Kenntnis des Leonardo da Vinci.' Jahrbuch der koniglich preuszischen Kunstsammlungen. XVIII. 1897. pp. 124-6
  • c.f. Berenson. Drawings of the Florentine Painters. II. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1938. pls. 104-6
  • c.f. L. de Vinci. Notes et Croquis sur l'anatomie du cheval. Paris: Ministère de l'Instruction publique et des Beaux Arts, 1901, Vol. 11. No. 1214.
  • Courajod. Gazette des Beaux Arts. 1877. Vol. XVI. pp. 423
  • Sirèn, O. Leonardo da Vinci: The artist and the man. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1916. pp. 86
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
963:0-1882

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Record createdJuly 24, 2008
Record URL
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