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St. George Slaying the Dragon

Lucas Cranach

Cleveland Museum of Art

Black-and-white drawing of a man on a horse stabbing a dragon. The man wears a helmet with a feather on top. The man wears a breastplate and a skirt. The man holds a spear in one hand. The man sits on a horse with a long tail. The horse rears up on its hind legs. The dragon has a long tail. The dragon has one leg in the air. The dragon appears to have been stabbed. The dragon lies on its side on a ground littered with dead bodies. Dead bodies are on the ground below the horse. The dead bodies lay on a rocky surface. Trees are visible in the background. Two shields hang from a tree branch in the top left corner. A distant landscape is on the horizon. A woman stands on the left. The drawing is surrounded by a border. The artist's style is detailed and fine-lined. The drawing depicts St. George slaying a dragon.

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698 × 893 px
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