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1. www.nga.gov › collection › art-object-pageArt Object Page - National Gallery of Art

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   A Roman soldier of Christian faith, Saint George saved the daughter of a pagan king by subduing a dragon with his lance; the princess then led the dragon to the city, where the saint killed it with his sword, prompting the king and his subjects to convert to Christianity.

2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Saint_George_(Raphael,_Louvre)Saint George (Raphael, Louvre) - Wikipedia

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   Saint George or Saint George and the Dragon is a small painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Raphael, executed c. 1503–1505. It is housed in the Louvre in Paris. A later version of the same subject is the Saint George and the Dragon in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.

3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Saint_George_and_the_DragonSaint George and the Dragon - Wikipedia

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   In a legend, Saint George —a soldier venerated in Christianity —defeats a dragon. The story goes that the dragon originally extorted tribute from villagers. When they ran out of livestock and trinkets for the dragon, they started giving up a human tribute once a year.

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5. interestingliterature.com › 2022 › 01A Summary and Analysis of the Story of St George and the Dragon

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   The tale of St George and the Dragon, or ‘St George of Merrie England’ as it’s also known in some versions, is a classic English fairy tale. And yet its origins aren’t English, and St George accomplished this feat not in England but in another land (usually either Libya or Egypt).

6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Saint_George_and_theSaint George and the Dragon (Rubens) - Wikipedia

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   Saint George and the Dragon is a painting by Peter Paul Rubens (c. 1605–07), based upon the motif with the same name. It was painted in Genoa ( Saint George is the patron of this city) while Rubens was in Italy to complete his artistic training on behalf of his mentor at the time, Otto van Veen.

7. www.nationalgallery.org.uk › paintings › paolo-ucPaolo Uccello | Saint George and the Dragon | NG6294 ...

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   Paolo Uccello, Saint George and the Dragon, about 1470. Read about this painting, learn the key facts and zoom in to discover more.

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   Why did Saint George baptize the Dragon?

   • The princess and Saint George led the dragon back to the city of Silene, where it terrified the population. Saint George offered to kill the dragon if they consented to become Christians and be baptized. Fifteen thousand men including the king of Silene converted to Christianity.

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   Who wrote St George and the Dragon?

   • In 1935 Stanley Holloway recorded a humorous retelling of the tale as St. George and the Dragon written by Weston and Lee. In the 1950s, Stan Freberg and Daws Butler wrote and performed St. George and the Dragon-Net (a spoof of the tale and of Dragnet) for Freberg's radio show.

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   When did Saint George slay a dragon?

   • The oldest known record of Saint George slaying a dragon is found in a Georgian text of the 11th century. The legend and iconography spread rapidly through the Byzantine cultural sphere in the 12th century. It reached Western Christian tradition still in the 12th century, via the crusades.

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   How did Saint George save the Princess of a pagan king?

   • A Roman soldier of Christian faith, Saint George saved the daughter of a pagan king by subduing a dragon with his lance; the princess then led the dragon to the city, where the saint killed it with his sword, prompting the king and his subjects to convert to Christianity.

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9. www.artic.edu › articles › 617Saint George and the Dragon | The Art Institute of Chicago

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   Mar 23, 2017 · Bernat Martorell's dynamic 15th-century painting is based on a widely read collection of stories about the lives of saints and depicts the heroic tale of Saint George slaying the dragon. According to the legend, a dragon was terrorizing the city of Silene and to placate the beast, the city had...