Albrecht Dürer
Saint George killing the dragon

CultureGerman
Titles
  • Saint George killing the dragon
  • Saint George on Horseback
Datec.1504–1505
MediumWoodcut on laid paper
DimensionsImage: 8 7/16 × 5 11/16 in. (21.4 × 14.5 cm)
Sheet (irregular): 8 11/16 × 5 7/8 in. (22 × 15 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Marjorie G. and Evan C. Horning Print Fund
Object number2017.18
Non exposé

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Object Type
ProvenanceKarl Eduard von Liphasr (1808-1891) (Lugt 1687); [his sale, C.G. Boerner, Leipzig, Germany, December 5 and following days 1876, unknown lot]; Robert Scholtz (1834-1912), Budapest (Lugt 2241); [his sale, H.G. Gutekunst, Stuttgart, Germany, May 10-13, 1911, unknown lot]; private collection, USA; [Carolyn Bullard Fine Prints and Drawings, Dallas, by 2016]; purchased by MFAH, 2017.
Exhibition History"New Light on Old Masters: European Art from Houston Collections," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 2, 2021–January 23, 2022.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: [none]
Verso: [inaccessible]
Recto: Signed in printed ink in plate, bottom right corner: AD
Verso: [inaccessible]
Verso: Collectors marks: [Karl Eduard von Liphart, Robert Scholtz]
Watermark: [none, as noted for Meder b impressions]
Catalogue raisonnéThe Illustrated Bartsch (Commentary) X.1001.387.311; The Illustrated Bartsch (Albrecht Durer) X 206.111; Meder Vol.12 189.225; MFA Boston 1971 113.83; Kurth 1963 42.198; Hollstein German VII.181.225

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