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St. George and the Dragon

1520

Wolfgang Huber

(Austrian, 1490–1553)
Culture
Austria
Medium
woodcut
Measurements
Sheet: 20.7 x 15.5 cm (8 1/8 x 6 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Members of The Print Club of Cleveland through fiftieth anniversary donations 1971.60
Catalogue raisonné
Geisberg 883; Winzinger 271
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print
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Despite written legends placing Saint George’s slaying of the dragon in North Africa, this scene takes place in a Northern European forest.

Description

Landscape draftsman Wolfgang Huber made only a few prints. In this woodcut, he developed ideas from his drawings, such as the radiating light, agitated clouds, and soaring trees. Here, he applied these ideas to the story of Saint George slaying the dragon. Huber rendered the figures with the same short marks as the trees and rocks surrounding them so that they appear to blend into the landscape.
A vertically oriented print in dense black-inked fine lines depicts an armored knight on horseback, facing our left with sword raised toward a dragon. To the left, a woman and lamb stand in the middle ground. Shaggy pine trees frame the scene, while a tower sits atop a distant hill. The intricate linework creates deep textures across the landscape, with birds and a sun in the high, lined sky.

St. George and the Dragon

1520

Wolfgang Huber

(Austrian, 1490–1553)
Austria

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