Tag: Princess

San Giorgio e il drago (1430-1435)

Uccello, Paolo (1397-1475) San Giorgio e il drago (Saint George and the Dragon) 1430–1435 Oil on wood panel, 131 x 103 cm Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris The painting on wood by Paolo Uccello represents Saint George running the dragon through with his lance,…

The Wedding of St George and Princess Sabra (1857)

Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) The Wedding of St George and Princess Sabra 1857 Watercolour on paper, 36.5 x 36.5 cm Tate Britain, London This work was executed while Rossetti and other artists were decorating the Oxford Union with medievalist murals. In Oxford,…

Princess Sabra (1865)

Burne-Jones, Edward (1833-1898) Princess Sabra, or The King’s Daughter 1865 Oil on canvas, 107.2 x 61.5 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Inscription: S. initials D.b.g.: E.B.J. 1865-6 This work was part of a decorative ensemble commissioned from Burne-Jones by the watercolourist Miles…

San Giorgio e il drago (c.1555)

Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) San Giorgio e il drago (Saint George and the Dragon) c.1555 Oil on canvas, 158.3 × 100.5 cm National Gallery, London Saint George plunges his lance into the jaws of the dragon which, according to legend, inhabited the…

A Princess of Saxony (c.1517)

Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) A Princess of Saxony c.1517 Oil on panel, 43.4 x 34.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Shown from the lap up, a young girl with pale, peachy skin and long, light brown hair wears a crimson-red…

Santa Caterina d’Alessandria e committente (c.1480)

Pinturicchio (c.1454-1513) Santa Caterina d’Alessandria e committente (Saint Catherine of Alexandria with a Donor) c.1480 Oil on wood, 56.5 x 38.1 cm National Gallery, London This painting was made for private worship, and the donor who commissioned it is shown kneeling…

San Giorgio e il drago (c.1430)

Uccello, Paolo (1397-1475) San Giorgio e il drago (Saint George slaying the dragon) c.1430 Tempera and gold on panel, 62.2 x 38.8 cm National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Compare: Uccello, Paolo (1397-1475) San Giorgio e il drago c.1470 National Gallery, London  …

San Giorgio e il drago (c.1470)

Uccello, Paolo (1397-1475) San Giorgio e il drago (Saint George and the Dragon) c.1470 Oil on canvas, 55.6 x 74.2 cm National Gallery, London Saint George and the dragon must be one of the most fantastic saints’ legends to come down to…