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Source Description
George from Lydda (a town in Palestine) served in the Roman army and became a saint through the martyrdom he suffered on account of his Christian faith. The popular legend about his defeat of a dragon symbolizes the victory of piety over sin and of good over evil. This small image of the saint was used for personal prayer. Its back side is rough and uneven, since it was originally embedded in a protective wooden panel: steatite, soft and easy to carve, also breaks easily.
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Document identity
localId
25974
label
St. George and the Dragon
core
obj
dtoType
sculpture
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
25974
sourceUrl
contentType
sculpture
stage
normalized
title
St. George and the Dragon
description
George from Lydda (a town in Palestine) served in the Roman army and became a saint through the martyrdom he suffered on account of his Christian faith. The popular legend about his defeat of a dragon symbolizes the victory of piety over sin and of good over evil. This small image of the saint was used for personal prayer. Its back side is rough and uneven, since it was originally embedded in a protective wooden panel: steatite, soft and easy to carve, also breaks easily.
provenance
Dikran Kelekian, Constantinople and Paris [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1914, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, by bequest.
date
12th century (Medieval)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Stone
icons
relief
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
7.2
height
5.8
dimensionsRaw
2 13/16 x 2 5/16 in. (7.2 x 5.8 cm)
Source extras
cul
Byzantine
dynasty
Comnenean Dynasty
med
steatite
creator_ids
6640
collection_ids
BYZ
exhibition_ids
1957
358
246
2752
Single page context
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1
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0
type
photo
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