Tag: Saint George

Il Tramonto (1506-1510)

Giorgione (c.1477-1510) Il Tramonto (The Sunset) 1506–1510 Oil on canvas, 73.3 cm x 91.4 cm National Gallery, London The meaning of this scene, which takes place in a rocky landscape at sunset or sunrise, is difficult to decipher, largely because…

Madonna tra i santi Giorgio e Dorotea (1515-1518)

Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Madonna tra i santi Giorgio e Dorotea (Virgin and Child with St. Dorothy and St. George) c.1515–1518 Oil on panel, 86 x 130 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The authorship, dating and iconography of this work are all controversial. It…

San Giorgio e il drago, Washington (c.1506)

Raffaello (1483-1520) San Giorgio e il drago (Saint George and the Dragon) c.1506 Oil on panel, 28.5 x 21.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Raphael was born in Urbino, a central Italian duchy noted for its elegant gentility and Renaissance scholarship.…

San Giorgio uccide il drago (disegno)

Raffaello (1483-1520) San Giorgio uccide il drago, disegno (Drawing for St George and the Dragon) c.1506 Pen and ink over black chalk, 26.3 x 21.3 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze See also: Raffaello (1483-1520) San Giorgio e il drago c.1506 National…

San Giorgio Maggiore (Venezia)

San Giorgio Maggiore in Art: Canaletto (1697-1768) Bacino di San Marco da San Giorgio Maggiore c.1735–1744 Wallace Collection, London     Guardi, Francesco (1712-1793) Veduta della Piazzetta verso San Giorgio Maggiore c.1770–1780 Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford     Guardi, Francesco (1712-1793) Veduta dell’Isola di San Giorgio…