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Appliqué with Saint George Slaying the Dragon
(Renaissance Europe )
The luminescence of mother-of-pearl comes out in this delicate appliqué carving of Saint George triumphing over a lizard-like dragon. This fragment is all that remains of a circular relief that was attached to a reliquary (probably destroyed) in a famous collection of liturgical vessels established by Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg (1490-1545) in Halle, Germany. The reliquary, with the relief, was documented in a drawing made about 1520 for a catalogue of the collection.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Miss Dorothy Miner [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1942, by gift.
Exhibitions
| 2010-2011 | Treasures of Heaven. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland; The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; The British Museum, London. |
| 1971-1972 | World of Wonder. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 10/4/1989 | Examination | examined for exhibition |
| 5/10/2005 | Treatment | rehoused; cleaned |
| 11/4/2009 | Examination | condition |
Geographies
Germany (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 1 3/4 x W: 2 1/16 x D: 5/16 in. (4.45 x 5.24 x 0.79 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Dorothy Miner, 1942
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
72.21