A CARVED LIMESTONE RELIEF OF SAINT GEORGE AND THE DRAGON
A CARVED LIMESTONE RELIEF OF SAINT GEORGE AND THE DRAGON

PROBABLY ENGLISH, CIRCA 1530

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A CARVED LIMESTONE RELIEF OF SAINT GEORGE AND THE DRAGON
PROBABLY ENGLISH, CIRCA 1530
The mounted Saint in a wooded landscape
13.5 x 22 ¾ in. (35 x 58 cm.)

Lot Essay

The panel is likely to be an overdoor as the subject of St.George was used to ward of evil and denote a house of safety. The Victoria and Albert Museum have a similar relief in their collection No. 53. B-1884.

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