The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 19, 2024
St. George and the Dragon
1520
(Austrian, 1490–1553)
Sheet: 20.7 x 15.5 cm (8 1/8 x 6 1/8 in.)
Catalogue raisonné: Geisberg 883; Winzinger 271
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
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.- ?–1970(P&D Colnaghi & Co., Ltd., London, England), given to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OHMay 13, 1971–The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Love Gardens / Forbidden Fruit. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 2-October 29, 2023).Against the Grain: Woodcuts from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 17-November 9, 2003).Northern Landscape Traditions: 16th and 17th Century Prints and Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 10-December 31, 1989).Gifts of the Print Club of Cleveland, 1969 - 1979. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 4, 1979-January 27, 1980).Year in Review: 1971. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 28, 1971-February 6, 1972).
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1971.60