GENERAL DESCRIPTION
St. George was an early Christian martyr most famed for his slaying of a dragon. In this tale of medieval gallantry and Christian morality, a princess is sacrificed to satiate the evil dragon, and the noble George, clad in a full suit of armor, comes to her rescue. His reward was the conversion of the surrounding villages to Christianity.
In this engraving, the victorious George holds a banner with a cross inside a circle, the emblem for the Order of St. George, which was later established in his honor. It was widely believed in Europe through the 17th century that dragons existed, and therefore Albrecht Dürer is representing what was perceived as a real threat of evil. Here the dragon looks especially monstrous with its sinister frown, sharp teeth, and long talons, while George looks heroic with his gleaming, undamaged suit of armor.
Excerpt from
Laura Sevelis, DMA label copy (1971.83) for Saints and Monsters: Prints by Albrecht Dürer, March 2015
NOTES
Create a CC for Saint George?
Made a note in TMS that the display date used on the wall label in "Saints and Monsters" was 1504-1505, not c. 1502- c. 1503. I did not change the date in the TMS record because it had been updated in April 2015, implying that the record was revised after the "Saints and Monsters" labels were completed.
Added Saints and Monsters label copy to TMS as a text entry.
Changed the object name from Print to Engraving. Changed the medium from Engraving to ink on paper.
Add information to existing TMS label copy by Wuellner. The texts were written for "With Black Lines Only: Engravings and Woodcuts by Albrecht Dürer" (December 21, 2003- March 28, 2004).
Deleted the text in the exhibition history field for "With Black Lines Only" because it was duplicated by an exhibition record already entered in TMS and related to this object.
DMA Friends Activity- puzzle brochures by Danielle Shulz and Tanya Miller for the Saints and Monsters exhibition- Fall 2015
HOW TO FIND THIS?
Added the following exhibition as to the exhibition history text field (because it was not a DMA exhibition). This exhibition was on a typescript page along with four other exhibitions and eleven Dürer object numbers. The other four exhibitions already have TMS records and are linked to the correct objects.
1982: "Depictions of the Advent in Early European Art," Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, TX, December 12, 1982- February 6, 1983
Created a constituent record in TMS for Saint George as the depicted individual.
Provenance (not public)
n.d.: Colonel Henry Van den Bergh, London [1]
n.d.: his widow
Until 1971: Calvin J. Holmes, Dallas, TX, purchased from the above
From 1971: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, bequest from the above [2]
[1] The original registration card for this object in the DMA Collections Records Object File includes this line of provenance as the owner prior to Holmes acquiring the print for the Museum. The time period and transaction are not specified.
[2] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography
Depicted Location: Beirut (Lebanon): TGN: 7002857 (?)
Depicted location: Libya (nation): TGN: 1000172 (?)
Place of origin: Nuremberg (Germany): TGN: 7004334
Process/materials
Historical periods
Individuals
Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (Holy Roman Emperor, 1459-1519)
Subject terms
knight
armor
seascape
dragon
beard
halo
emblems (symbols)
sword
ships
scale
Christianity
saint
man
standing
mustaches
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
AUDIO ASSETS
Josh Rose, Saints and Monsters: Prints by Albrecht Durer, gallery talk, June 17, 2015.
UMO: 248141244
Connection made by confirming exhibition in TMS and Piction ID correct.
VIDEO ASSETS
IMAGE ASSETS
WEB RESOURCES
- Inside Albrecht Dürer's Studio- Engraving~Watch this demonstration and explanation of the engraving process created by the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute for the exhibition, The Strange World of Albrecht Dürer (November 14, 2010- March 13, 2011).
ARCHIVAL RESOURCES
FUN FACTS
- Emperor Maximilian I, one of Dürer's great patrons, was keenly interested in the Order of Saint George because it was founded by his father.
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General Description
St. George was an early Christian martyr most famed for his slaying of a dragon. In this tale of medieval gallantry and Christian morality, a princess is sacrificed to satiate the evil dragon, and the noble George, clad in a full suit of armor, comes to her rescue. His reward was the conversion of the surrounding villages to Christianity.
In this engraving, the victorious George holds a banner with a cross inside a circle, the emblem for the Order of St. George, which was later established in his honor. It was widely believed in Europe through the 17th century that dragons existed, and therefore Albrecht Dürer is representing what was perceived as a real threat of evil. Here the dragon looks especially monstrous with its sinister frown, sharp teeth, and long talons, while George looks heroic with his gleaming, undamaged suit of armor.
Excerpt from
Laura Sevelis, DMA label copy (1971.83) for Saints and Monsters: Prints by Albrecht Dürer, March 2015
Fun Facts
- Emperor Maximilian I, one of Dürer's great patrons, was keenly interested in the Order of Saint George because it was founded by his father.
Archival Resources
Web Resources
- Inside Albrecht Dürer's Studio- Engraving~Watch this demonstration and explanation of the engraving process created by the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute for the exhibition, The Strange World of Albrecht Dürer (November 14, 2010- March 13, 2011).
Notes
Create a CC for Saint George?
Made a note in TMS that the display date used on the wall label in "Saints and Monsters" was 1504-1505, not c. 1502- c. 1503. I did not change the date in the TMS record because it had been updated in April 2015, implying that the record was revised after the "Saints and Monsters" labels were completed.
Added Saints and Monsters label copy to TMS as a text entry.
Changed the object name from Print to Engraving. Changed the medium from Engraving to ink on paper.
Add information to existing TMS label copy by Wuellner. The texts were written for "With Black Lines Only: Engravings and Woodcuts by Albrecht Dürer" (December 21, 2003- March 28, 2004).
Deleted the text in the exhibition history field for "With Black Lines Only" because it was duplicated by an exhibition record already entered in TMS and related to this object.
DMA Friends Activity- puzzle brochures by Danielle Shulz and Tanya Miller for the Saints and Monsters exhibition- Fall 2015
HOW TO FIND THIS?
Added the following exhibition as to the exhibition history text field (because it was not a DMA exhibition). This exhibition was on a typescript page along with four other exhibitions and eleven Dürer object numbers. The other four exhibitions already have TMS records and are linked to the correct objects.
1982: "Depictions of the Advent in Early European Art," Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, TX, December 12, 1982- February 6, 1983
Created a constituent record in TMS for Saint George as the depicted individual.
Provenance (not public)
n.d.: Colonel Henry Van den Bergh, London [1]
n.d.: his widow
Until 1971: Calvin J. Holmes, Dallas, TX, purchased from the above
From 1971: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, bequest from the above [2]
[1] The original registration card for this object in the DMA Collections Records Object File includes this line of provenance as the owner prior to Holmes acquiring the print for the Museum. The time period and transaction are not specified.
[2] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography
Depicted Location: Beirut (Lebanon): TGN: 7002857 (?)
Depicted location: Libya (nation): TGN: 1000172 (?)
Place of origin: Nuremberg (Germany): TGN: 7004334
Process/materials
Historical periods
Individuals
Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (Holy Roman Emperor, 1459-1519)
Subject terms
knight
armor
seascape
dragon
beard
halo
emblems (symbols)
sword
ships
scale
Christianity
saint
man
standing
mustaches
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
AUDIO ASSETS
Josh Rose, Saints and Monsters: Prints by Albrecht Durer, gallery talk, June 17, 2015.
UMO: 248141244
Connection made by confirming exhibition in TMS and Piction ID correct.
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