Tuesday, January 4, 2011

St. George and the Dragon

This is one of my favorite paintings from my childhood.

St. George and the Dragon, c. 1506
Raphael 
Andrew W. Mellon Collection
The National Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C.

http://www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/gg20/gg20-28.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raphael
The legend:
http://www.kellscraft.com/stgeorge.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_George_and_the_Dragon

1 comment:

geebee said...

Nice. There should be a beer called Dragon Slayer, perhaps a stout.