Rogier van der Weyden

St. George and the dragon



Rogier van der Weyden - St. George and the dragon



Rogier van der Weyden
St. George and the dragon
c. 1432
14.3 x 10.5 cm
Oil on wood
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund


Literature

Collection catalogues
John Oliver Hand, Martha Wolff, Early Netherlandish painting, Washington; New York, 1986, pp. 241-257
John Walker, National Gallery of Art, Washington, New York, 1995, nr. 115


Provenance

possibly Grudna-Grudzinski family, Poznan
General de Plaoutine, Saint Petersburg by 1902, Nice by 1917, and London by 1920
purchased 1923 by Lady Evelyn Mason (died 1944), cousin of General de Plaoutine's wife, London
by inheritence to her daughter, Mrs. L.A. Impey, Chilland, Hitchin Abbas, near Winchester
sale, Sotheby's, London, 16 March 1966, nr. 1, purchased by NGA


Other works by Rogier van der Weyden


Rogier van der Weyden Escorial Deposition
Escorial Deposition
c. 1435

Rogier van der Weyden and workshop Jean Gros
Jean Gros
1460/64

Rogier van der Weyden Seven Sacraments triptych
Seven Sacraments triptych
c. 1450

Rogier van der Weyden Portrait of Laurent Froimont
Portrait of Laurent Froimont
Shortly before 1464 (?)

Rogier van der Weyden Portrait of Anthony of Burgundy
Portrait of Anthony of Burgundy
Between 1456 and 1464