St George and the Dragon

St George and the Dragon

Title

St George and the Dragon

[cda 2022]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Boehler online database, accessed 29.08.2022]

A three-quarter length depiction of St George in armour, standing and facing to the right. He holds a flag with his emblem: the red cross on a white ground and a dragon's head is visible in the bottom right hand corner. This may be a role portrait [see Description/ Interpretation/

A three-quarter length depiction of St George in armour, standing and facing to the right. He holds a flag with his emblem: the red cross on a white ground and a dragon's head is visible in the bottom right hand corner. This may be a role portrait [see Description/ Interpretation/ Comments for references to the sitter]. The Pflugk family coat of arms is represented on the reverse of the panel.

[cda 2022]

Attributions
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder
Antonius Heusler

Attributions

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

Master IW or Antonius Heusler? [I. Sandner, E-mail 17.09.2011]

Antonius Heusler

Early work or Master IW ? [I. Sandner, Email 17.09.2011]

Master IW

or Antonius Heusler? [I. Sandner, E-mail 17.09.2011]

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Friedländer 1929, Karteikarten-ID: K_042_28, accessed 29.08.2022]

Production date
about 1521 - 1522

Production date

about 1521 - 1522

[Sandner 17.09.2021]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 104 x 37 cm

Dimensions

Signature / Dating

none

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P538
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P538/

Provenance

  • acquired by J. Böhler, Munich, 11.04.1928
  • 29.08.1929, Ehrich Galleries, New York
  • 07.04.1932 bought back by J. Böhler, Munich
  • sold 31.12.1935, Baron Bissing, Agg
    [Boehler online database, accessed 29.08.2022](http://boehler.zikg.eu/wisski/navigate/154812/view)(http://boehler.zikg.eu/wisski/navigate/154818/view)
  • art market
    [Sandner, Email 17.09.2011]

Exhibitions

Munich 1934, no. 26

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Munich 1932 26
EditorJulius Wilhelm Böhler
TitleAusstellung Altdeutsche Kunst [Munich, Julius Böhler, 06-08.1934]
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication1934
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Research History / Discussion

The figure of St George has been considered to be either a portrait of Stangen von Oberledel/Meissen [see Exhib. Cat. Munich 1934, no. 26] and [Böhler online database, accessed 29.08.2022] and more recently by [Sandner, Email 17.09.2022] as Bernhard (?) Pflugk with reference to the Pflugk family coat of arms on the reverse of the panel.

[cda 2022]

This St George and a similarly sized St Christopher [IE_NGI_NGI-973] could be wing panels from a lost altarpiece commissioned by the Stangen von Oberledel family.

[cda 2024]

  • St George and the Dragon, about 1521 - 1522

Images

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