Saint George and the Dragon

Hugo van der Goes1440/1482

Details

Title: Saint George and the Dragon
Creator: Attributed to Hugo van der Goes
Date Created: 1440/1482
Physical Dimensions: Overall (approximate): 20 x 16.6 cm (7 7/8 x 6 9/16 in.) support: 20.6 x 16.6 cm (8 1/8 x 6 9/16 in.)
Provenance: Prof. Dr. F. Heimsoeth, Bonn (sale, Prestel, Frankfurt-am-Main, 5 May 1879, no. 99); Alexander Emil Posonyi [1839-1899] (Lugt 159), Vienna; Adalbert Freiherr von Lanna [1836-1909] (Lugt 2773), Prague; (sale, H. G. Gutekunst, Stuttgart, 6 May 1910, no. 33, as "Anonymous Netherlandish Master of the 15th century," reproduced). Princes of Liechtenstein, Vienna (Lugt 4398); purchased 20 April 1948 through (Walter Felichenfeldt, Zurich) by Lessing J. Rosenwald, Jenkintown, PA;[1] gift to NGA in 1950. [1] Rosenwald describes the acquisitions from Liechtenstein in _Recollections of a Collector_, 1976, p. 46-47.
Medium: pen and brown ink on laid paper

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