Saint George

Image of St George from the Book of Hours, part of the Illuminating the Renaissance virtual exhibition

From the collection of HM Queen Elizabeth. Royal Cap Badge of Henry VIII. As documented in a miniature portrait painted by Hans Holbein. "St. George Slaying the Dragon" - Gold, Pearl, Cloisonne' Enameling.

1474-76, Burgundy. Banner of the Guard. Spoils of the Battle of Nancy. Height 113cm. Length (bottom) 342cm. Taffeta silk. Separate cloth in blue and white and surrounded by a rim of gold. Depicts St. George and the dragon, with the motto je Lay Emprins in Gothic letters of gold surrounded by braided cords. Blue and white fringe surround.

St. George - Novgorod, early 14th century. Just pretty St.George with funny comics, yes. Too much serious art in our blog we need more fun

Horæ ad usum Fratrum Prædicatorum, dites Heures de Frédéric d’Aragon -- 1501-1502 -- manuscrits

This prayer book was produced ca. 1430-40, likely in Brabant, but the contents of the calendar point to Tournai and Cambrai, and the Office of the Dead is for the Use of Liège. North Netherlandish influence, possibly connected with works by the Masters of the Gold Scrolls, is suggested by the style and iconography of its images. The manuscript is notable for its large number of miniatures - forty-eight in total - as well as the sense of narrative within them, and the diversity of the…

St. George and the Dragon, 1495-1505, Rakusy Slowakei Pfarrkirche/Slovakian Parish Church

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Carlo Crivelli (Italian, active by 1457–died 1495).| Saint George, 1472

Happy St George’s Day, everyone! For some images of this patron saint of England, Portugal, Russia, and many other nations, please see our post from last year. Today, though, we thought we would turn our attention to St George’s famous opponent, the dragon. Detail of a miniature of St George...

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A lock of Emperor Francis Joseph I of Austria's hair Image: ALEXANDER KLEIN/AFP/Getty Images/Daily Telegraph Today's Daily Telegraph has a report about an auction sale in Vienna at which a lock of hair of the Emperor Francis Joseph sold for the equivalent of £8,900, and other mementos of the Emperor, such as a pair of cuff-links, were also snapped up, as indeed was a ring linked to the Corsican Ogre. The report can be seen here.