St George and the Dragon: on view at Victoria and Albert Museum

Ivory was popular as a material for religious subjects, especially during the 17th and 18th centuries. German and Netherlandish artists were renowned for their dexterity in ivory carving. Their reliefs are masterpieces of composition and virtuosity. The relief was formerly ascribed to Dominicus Stainhart. The composition derived from an engraving by the Florentine artist Antonio Tempesta (1555-1630). Variants of it exist in ivory and boxwood respectively.

St George and the Dragon

About the sculpture

Particulars

In the same room · Sculpture, Room 111, The Gilbert Bayes Gallery, Victoria and Albert Museum

On the same theme · Dragon

Yes, receiving visitors

What it shows

In the catalog

Sources

Echoes of Amphora: Column Vessel I/20, 2020

Gladiators: Hector and Ajax (Combat), 1963

Plaque, 1937

The Lure of the Pan Pipes, 1932

The Lure of the Pan Pipes, 1932

Emmeline Pankhurst, ca. 1929

The Duchesse de Choiseul, 1908

St Elizabeth, 1902

Saint George and the Dragon, 1947

Saint George and the Dragon, c. 1506

Saint George and the Dragon, c. 1506

Job's Evil Dreams, 1825

The Beast with Two Horns like a Lamb, probably c. 1496/1498

Saint George Killing the Dragon, 1501/1504

Title Page for Franciscus van Haer, Annales Ducum seu Principum Brabantiae, III, 1623

Landscape with Roger Liberating Angelica, 1565