Saints
Saints
LUCAS VORSTERMAN (1595-1675)
Saint George and the Dragon
dated 1627Engraving | 30.1 x 21.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851446
A print after a painting by Raphael (c.1506) when in the collection of the Earl of Pembroke. In his Raphael Collection catalogue (1876), Ruland listed the painting as being then in the Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg; in 1937 the painting passed into the possession of A. Mellon who later gave it to the National Gallery, Washington DC, where it is currently housed (inv. no.1937.1.26). Lettered with production details, date and dedication. A counterproof of this plate at RCIN 851447.
Creator(s)
Lucas Vorsterman (1595-1675) (engraver)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
Earl of Pembroke (dedicatee)
Lucas Vorsterman (1595-1675) (dedicator)
30.1 x 21.2 cm (sheet of paper)
28.2 x 21.2 cm (image)
- Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Agriculture and related techniques
- Animal husbandry
- Horses
- Animal husbandry
- Agriculture and related techniques
- Science, Medicine and Technology
Bibliographic reference(s)
p.216, no.I.1 (Raphael Invenit 1985 : Bernini Pezzini, G. et al., 1985. Raphael Invenit. Stampe di Raffaello nelle Collezioni dell'Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome)
