St George riding on a horse

St George riding on a horse

Painting on limewood

Medium

Painting on limewood

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 139]

St George wields his sword to slay the dragon cowering in front of his horse. On the left in the background the figure of St Agnes is shown in prayer with the lamb.

[Görres, cda 2016]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 139]

Dating
about 1520 - 1525

Dating

about 1520 - 1525

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 139]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 41 x 27.5 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 41 x 27.5 cm

  • [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 139]

Signature / Dating

None

Owner
Anhaltische Gemälde-Galerie, Dessau
Repository
Unknown
CDA ID
DE_AGGD-Lost_NONE-001
FR (1978) Nr.
FR139
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_AGGD-Lost_NONE-001/

Provenance

- Wörlitz, Gotisches Haus, nr 1638
- Dessau, Anhaltische Gemäldegalerie
- stolen from the Forsthaus Uhlenstein, Harz, in 1945
- missing since the Second World War
[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 139]

See also the entry in the Lost Art-database, Stiftung Deutsches Zentrum für Kulturgutverluste: Lost Art-ID 016811; http://www.lostart.de/DE/Fund/16811 (accessed 17 Dec. 2019).

Exhibitions

- Dresden 1899, No. 1899
- Berlin 1937, No. 42

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Kristahn 2016 71, 145, 235, 255, 300, 388 A 71 p. 436
AuthorCosima-Kristina Kristahn
TitleVon Sante Georgio einem rittere: eine Studie zum hl. Georg in der deutschen Bildkunst von 1450 bis um 1530 und den thematischen Kontexten
Place of PublicationHalle
Year of Publication2016
Link https://digital.bibliothek.uni-halle.de/urn/urn:nbn:de:gbv:3:4-19893
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Exhib. Cat. Wörlitz 2015 119 6
EditorKulturstiftung Dessau Wörlitz
EditingWolfgang Savelsberg
TitleCranach im Gotischen Haus in Wörlitz, [Wörlitz, Gotisches Haus, 15 May - 4 Oct. 2015]
SeriesKataloge und Schriften der Kulturstiftung Dessau Wörlitz
Volume35
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2015
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Melzer 2015 B 151 4
AuthorReinhard Melzer
TitleDer Cranach-Bestand des Gotischen Hauses
Publicationin Kulturstiftung Dessau-Wörlitz, ed., Cranach im Gotischen Haus in Wörlitz, Exhib. Cat. Wörlitz
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2015
Pages149-162
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 98 139 139
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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Schade 1974 102
AuthorWerner Schade
TitleDie Malerfamilie Cranach
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication1974
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/schade1974
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Rosenberg 1955 167
AuthorJakob Rosenberg
TitleThe Problem of Authenticity in Cranach's Late Period
JournalThe Art Quarterly
Issue18
Year of Publication1955
Pages164-169
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Exhib. Cat. Berlin 1937 23 042 Pl. 50
EditorStaatliche Museen, Berlin
TitleLucas Cranach d. Ä. und Lucas Cranach d. J. Gemälde, Zeichnungen, Graphik
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1937
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 117
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1932
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/friedlaender1932
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Flechsig 1900 B pl. 79
AuthorEduard Flechsig
TitleTafelbilder Lucas Cranachs d. Ä. und seiner Werkstatt
Volume1, 2
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1900
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/flechsig1900tafeln
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Exhib. Cat. Dresden 1899 117
EditorKarl Woermann
TitleDeutsche Kunstausstellung Dresden 1899. Abteilung Cranach-Ausstellung. Wissenschaftliches Verzeichnis der ausgestellten Werke
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication1899
Link http://resolver.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/SBB00002A2400000000
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Schuchardt 1851 C 456
AuthorChristian Schuchardt
TitleLucas Cranach des Aeltern Leben und Werke. Zweiter Theil
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1851
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/schuchardt1851bd2
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