#st george
A selection of mosaics at Sacré-Cœur Basilica in Paris
Photographed (despite lighting challenges) by Charles Reeza
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Andrea Mantegna, San Giorgio, ca.1460 (tempera on panel, 66x32 cm, Gallerie dell’Accademia - Venezia)
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This is a modded Batchix St. George head that bought from Krowbar/handy_dandy_degenerate_candy at PNW BJD Expo way back in 2017. At the time I asked if they would mind me redoing the faceup and they said they didn’t mind at all, but it wasn’t something I felt up to tackling for a long time. He finally has a body I think feels right for him (the WS Dream Valley 51cm body) and I finally felt up to starting on it. The mods were pretty rough under the paint so I sanded him some more, but not enough apparently! I’m trying to use some Vallejo acrylic primer instead of just paint, so there’s more sanding and spraying ahead for me but I think it’ll look nicer than regular acrylic in the end.
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A small English statue from ca. 1350-1450. Some people have guessed that, because of the cross on the shield, the man depicted may be Saint George. The armor on the statue is an accurate representation of armor at the time, although only men from the nobility or knightly classes would have been able to afford such high-quality armor. The British Museum website has a fantastic and detailed description of each piece of armor the statue is wearing if you’d like to find out more: http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe/s/statue_of_a_knight.aspx
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Sveti Jurij | 5.1.2021
Saint George and the dragon - Paolo Uccello
1430/35
painted wood panel
131 x 103 cm
Florentine Gallery, Italian Museum, Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris.
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Saint George Slaying the Dragon (detail) - Carlo Crivelli
1470
tempera and gold on wood
90×46 cm
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
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Saint George Slaying the Dragon (detail) - Carlo Crivelli
1470
tempera and gold on wood
90×46 cm
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
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Saint George and the dragon - Vitale da Bologna
1330
tempera on panel
86 x 70,5 cm
Pinacoteca di Bologna, Bologna
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Cartoon for St George and the Dragon - Raffaello Sanzio
c. 1506
pen and ink over black chalk
263 x 213 mm
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
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Saint George and the Dragon (detail) - Peter Paul Rubens
1605/07 ca.
oil on canvas
427 cm × 312 cm (168 in × 123 in)
Museo del Prado, Madrid
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An Extremely Rare Charles II Pattern Crown, 1663, Sold For $649,000
The masterwork engraved by Thomas Simon with his Petition to King Charles II in two lines on the edge, laureate and draped bust right, signed Simon below, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, CAROLVS II. DEI. GRA, rev. crowned cruciform emblematic shields, pairs of interlinked Cs in angles, St. George and dragon in buckled garter in center in garter with French motto HONI. SOIT. QVI. MAL. Y. PENSE, date either side of top crown, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding.MAG BRI.FR ET.HIB REX. Edge inscribed in small raised letters in two lines except for double sized italic word “Majesty” witness line at start with pair of crowned interlinked Cs over pair of palm branches, THOMAS SIMON. MOST. HVMBLY. PRAYS .YOVR. MAJESTY TO. COMPARE. THIS. HIS. TRYALL. PIECE. WITH. THE. DVTCH. AND. IF. MORE / TRVLY. DRAWN. & EMBOSS’D. MORE. GRACE: FVLLY. ORDER’D. AND. MORE. ACCURATELY. ENGRAVEN. TO. RELIEVE. HIM., raised rim above and below, all lettering, drapery and neck, frosted in a mezzotint style, weight 34.73g.
Only 16 of these coins are believed to be extant and this is one of the top 3 best preserved examples - A highly desirable and extremely rare piece celebrated as the finest in numismatic artistry.
Learn more about this coin here.
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~The Wedding of St George and Princess Sabra~
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Watercolour on paper, 1857
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