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The Attempted Breaking of Saint George on a Wheel

Drawing
1555 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Breaking on the Wheel; A circular composition. A man compelled to revolve on a wheel which is armed with crossed swords; he appears, however, not to be attached to it by any fastenings; a king and his suite are represented to the right; they are shuddering with horror.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleThe Attempted Breaking of Saint George on a Wheel (published title)
Materials and techniques
Pen and brown ink, with blue wash, heightened with touches of white (now oxidized), over traces of black chalk
Brief description
Drawing 'The Attempted Breaking of Saint George on a Wheel' by Lambert van Noort, pen and brown ink, 1555
Physical description
Breaking on the Wheel; A circular composition. A man compelled to revolve on a wheel which is armed with crossed swords; he appears, however, not to be attached to it by any fastenings; a king and his suite are represented to the right; they are shuddering with horror.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 267mm
Style
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
  • Signed and dated at lower centre, in brown ink, Lambert˚ a. Noort / Inven = .1555; and inscribed at lower right, in another hand, in brown ink (with the museum’s Dyce inv. no.), 498.
  • Inscribed on verso of old mount, in brown ink: at top centre Lambert van Noort or Oort / flourished 1555; and lower down, Lambert V. Noort.
Credit line
Bequeathed by Rev. Alexander Dyce
Object history
Rev. Alexander Dyce (1798–1869), London, by whom bequeathed to the museum (L. Suppl. 153b), 1869.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce. London : South Kensington Museum, 1874.
  • Jane Shoaf Turner and Christopher White, Catalogue of Dutch and Flemish Drawings in the Victoria and Albert Museum (London, 2014), vol. II, cat.502, pp.428-29
Collection
Accession number
DYCE.498

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Record createdJune 8, 2009
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