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Saint George taming then slaying a dragon is one of the most fantastic saints‘ legends of the Middle Ages. Uccello has compressed two parts of the story into one small and strange picture. The saint plunges his spear into the head of a dragon, whose odd shape mirrors the entrance to his cave. An elegant, if bored-looking, princess already has a leash around its neck. We don’t know who this painting was for, but its small scale and non-religious feel – it’s more about a magical adventure than Christian virtue – suggest it was intended for someone’s home. It was relatively cheap to make: it’s in oil on canvas and contains no expensive pigments or gilding. Uccello was fascinated by single point perspective – using lines that lead to one point to create an illusion of depth within a painting – but he hasn’t quite mastered it here.
Title
Saint George and the Dragon
Date
about 1470
Medium
Oil on canvas
Measurements
H 55.6 x W 74.2 cm
Accession number
NG6294
Acquisition method
Bought with a special grant and other contributions, 1959
Work type
Painting
The National Gallery, London
Trafalgar Square, London, Greater London WC2N 5DN England
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