print
- Museum number
- 1868,0808.3205
- Description
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St George; the knight on horseback pierces the dragon below with his lance; on a rock in the right background, stands the princes next to a lamb.
Drypoint
- Production date
- 1470-1500
- Dimensions
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Height: 144 millimetres (borderline)
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Width: 115 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- This print was issued on three occasions as a black and white facsimile by the British Museum in 'Reproductions of Prints in the British Museum': firstly in the First Series Part III (German Prints), Published by the Trustees in 1884, where it was number VII(B) (reproduced alongside 1845,0809.134) and described there as 'Master of 1480.'; (Shelfmark 245*.b.14): secondly in the New [Second] Series Part II (Early German and Flemish Prints), Published by the Trustees in 1889, where it was number XIX and described there as '"Master of the Amsterdam Cabinet" St. George and the Dragon.'; (Shelfmark 245*.b.16): and thirdly in the Third Series Part I (Specimens of Etching by German Masters 1475-1575), Published by the Trustees, in 1907 where it was number I and described there as 'Master of the House-book. St. George and the Dragon.'; see 1907,0629.14.1 (Shelfmark 245*.b.30).
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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1985 Mar-Jun, Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, Master of the Hausbuch
- Acquisition date
- 1868
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1868,0808.3205
