Der Heilige Georg, den Drachen tötend

Title

Der Heilige Georg, den Drachen tötend

Draughtsman

• Franz Pforr

Verso

Reclining man with mastiff

Period Produced

• 19th century

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• chalk
• paper

Technique

• chalk drawing

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• figure study
• animal study
• movement study
• composition study

Captions Added Later

Verso unten rechts Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

Watermark

• Wappen mit Krone [Fragment]

Work Catalogues

• Lehr 1924.343.63

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• depiction of a saint

Persons Shown

• George (saint)

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Jacobus de Voragine

Illustrated Passage

• Die Legenda aurea des Jacobus de Voragine, übersetzt von Richard Benz, Heidelberg 1984

Primary

• 11H(GEORGE)41 St. George and the dragon: dressed in armour and mounted on a (white) horse he brandishes his sword (his lance lies already broken on the ground); the princess nearby may be shown praying or fleeing