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St. George and the Dragon
Wolfgang Huber (Austrian, 1490–1553)1520
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
Landscape draftsman Wolfgang Huber made only a few prints. In this woodcut, he developed ideas from his drawings, such as the radiating light, agitated clouds, and soaring trees. Here, he applied these ideas to the story of Saint George slaying the dragon. Huber rendered the figures with the same short marks as the trees and rocks surrounding them so that they appear to blend into the landscape.
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- Title: St. George and the Dragon
- Creator: Wolfgang Huber (Austrian, 1490–1553)
- Date Created: 1520
- Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 20.7 x 15.5 cm (8 1/8 x 6 1/8 in.)
- Provenance: (P&D Colnaghi & Co., Ltd., London, England), given to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Print
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1971.60
- Medium: woodcut
- Fun Fact: Despite written legends placing Saint George’s slaying of the dragon in North Africa, this scene takes place in a Northern European forest.
- Department: Prints
- Culture: Austria, 16th century
- Credit Line: Gift of Members of The Print Club of Cleveland through fiftieth anniversary donations
- Collection: PR - Woodcut
- Accession Number: 1971.60
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