Ecole crétoise, 1700 - Saint George slaying the dragon and scenes from his life - fine art print

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Artwork information as provided by Petit Palais - Musée des Beaux-arts de la Ville de Paris (© - by Petit Palais - Musée des Beaux-arts de la Ville de Paris - Petit Palais - Musée des Beaux-arts de la Ville de Paris)

In the center of the icon, St. George is depicted on his rearing horse, killing the dragon. Sitting behind him, the child Amiras holds a jug in hand. The scene takes place in front of a city which can be seen the fortifications. Around the twelve scenes from the saint's life are represented, from left to right and top to bottom: 1- Saint George appeared before the emperors Diocletian and Maximian in Nicomedia. 2 - It is led by two soldiers. 3 - It is crushed under a stone slab. 4 - The torture of the wheel. 5 - An angel comforts him. 6 - Second appearance before Diocletian. 7 - Torture of quicklime. 8 - Flagellation. 9 - He raises beef and plowing 10 - dead. 11 - His refusal to worship idols leads 12 - his killing.

The legend of Saint George comes from the "Acta", declared inauthentic from 492 by the pope, and several stories of his passion. His Miracula (eleventh century) are the source of the episode of the central subject of this icon whose oldest representation does not go beyond the twelfth century. Saint Georges through Silcha Lydia rescued the princess from a dragon that decimated the population of this city. He did not kill the dragon, contrary to what we see here, but offered it leaves the princess at the foot of the city walls. The small figure taken into croup is a young slave cupbearer that the hero freed in Paphlagonia small town in the Black Sea.

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religious figure - Divinity, Dragon, Horse, Martyr City, Soldier, Wheel, Peter, Resurrection

About the artpiece by Ecole crétoise

"Saint George slaying the dragon and scenes from his life" is a painting created by the painter Ecole crétoise in 1700. The 320 year old version of the painting had the size: Height: 110 cm, Width: 70 cm. Tempera, Wood (material) was used by the painter as the medium of the artpiece. Today, the work of art forms part of the collection of Petit Palais - Musée des Beaux-arts de la Ville de Paris located in Paris, France. With courtesy of - Petit Palais Paris (public domain).Creditline of the artwork: . On top of that, alignment of the digital reproduction is portrait with an aspect ratio of 2 : 3, which implies that the length is 33% shorter than the width.

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