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Beskrivning: Laid down. Watermark: Heawood 161. Inscribed in pen and black ink at bottom centre: Bricci Cabinet de Crozat. Numbered in brown ink in lower right corner: 39 (struck out). Numbered in lower right corner on mount: 10 (struck out). Numbered in pen and black ink in lower right corner: 1087 (Sparre). [Bjurström It. Drawings nr 1341]

[Description for Bjurström It. Drawings nr 1341-1345:] This and the following four numbers form a series representing the deeds of St. George. the most complete version of the saint´s legend is that told by the learned Dominican and later Bishop of Genua, Jacobus de Voragine, in his "Legenda Aurea" containting c. 150 legends of Christian saints. The oldest dated manuscript is from 1282. The legend falls into two parts, the first treating the saint´s rescue of a young princess from the clutches of a dragon, the second dealing with his martyrdome in Rome in 303 under the reign of Emperor Diocletian. Algardi similarly executed a drawing of St. George and, in 1643, an opera by Luigi Manzini, "Il dragone di Macedonia", was published at Bologna.
George was as soldier from Cappadocia in Asia Minor, who, upon his arrival in the city of Silena in nearby Lydia, heard about the fate of a princess about to be sacrificed to a dragon. He speared the dragon, urging the girl to attach her girdle to its neck. Thus wounded and pacified, the dragon was led into the city, where the terrified population immediately accepted St. George´s offer of communal baptism- of 20.000 men, not counting the women and children.

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St. George giving thanks following his victorious slaying of the dragon. In the background, the princess embraces her father | Nationalmuseum

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Title (sv): S:t Göran tackar Gud efter att ha besegrat och dräpt draken. I bakgrunden omfamnar prinsessan sin far
Title (en): St. George giving thanks following his victorious slaying of the dragon. In the background, the princess embraces her father
Inventory title (sv): Scener utur S:t Georges legend

Titel (sv): S:t Göran tackar Gud efter att ha besegrat och dräpt draken. I bakgrunden omfamnar prinsessan sin far
Titel (en): St. George giving thanks following his victorious slaying of the dragon. In the background, the princess embraces her father
Titel i inventariet (sv): Scener utur S:t Georges legend