The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Saint George Slaying the Dragon

Saint George Slaying the Dragon

Date:: ca. 1480
Geography:: Made in Tyrol, Austria
Culture:: Austrian
Medium:: Wood, paint, gilding
Dimensions:: Overall: 53 3/8 x 16 1/8 x 13 3/4 in. (135.6 x 41 x 34.9 cm) Ht. without spear or base: 42 1/4 in. (107.3 cm) Base: 3 1/4 x 12 1/2 x 10 in. (8.3 x 31.8 x 25.4 cm)
Classification:: Sculpture
Credit Line:: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1916
Accession Number:: 16.32.185a, b

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 305

Description

This sculpture is indebted to the work of the Tyrolean painter and sculptor Michael Pacher (active 1460–1500).
Provenance

Georges Hoentschel (French, Paris 1855–1915); J. Pierpont Morgan, London and New York
See also
Who
Michael Pacher (2)
What
Sculpture (24,354)

Gilt (9,067)
Where
Europe (150,013)

Austria (2,148)

Tyrol (62)
When
A.D. 1400-1600 (20,619)
In the Museum
Medieval Art (6,712)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Central Europe (including Germany), 1400–1600 A.D.