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Brown ink drawing of a knight in plumed helmet on a rearing horse, raising a sword toward a winged dragon; bones lie on the ground.

Saint George on horseback fighting a dragon, brown ink drawing

A knight in a plumed helmet and armour rides a rearing white horse, his sword raised against a winged dragon with bat wings and clawed feet on the lower left. Bones and a skull lie scattered on the ground below. The drawing uses brown ink and wash on a tinted ground, with fine hatched shading.

Artist
Raphael
Date
[1774]
Medium
Etchings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 2970 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1774.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

Saints and Martyrsrenaissancereligious artetchingarmordragonraphaelbrown ink drawingknightrearing horsesaint georgesepia wash

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