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Bernat Martorell was the greatest painter of the first half of the fifteenth century in Catalonia in northeastern Spain. Depicted here is the most frequently represented episode from the popular legend of Saint George, in which the model Christian knight saves a town and rescues a beautiful princess. Conceived in the elegant, decorative International Gothic style, the painting was originally the center of an altarpiece dedicated to Saint George that was apparently made for the chapel of the palace of the Catalan government in Barcelona. This central scene was surrounded by four smaller narrative panels, now in the Musée du Louvre, Paris, and was probably surmounted by a lost image of Christ on the Cross. Here Saint George, on his white steed, triumphs over the evil dragon. A wealth of precisely observed details intensifies the drama. Dressed in an ermine-lined robe, the princess wears a sumptuous gilt crown atop her wavy red-gold hair. Her parents and their subjects watch the spectacle from the distant town walls. George’s halo and armor and the scaly body of the dragon are richly modeled with raised stucco decoration. Martorell also treated the ground, littered with bones and crawling with lizards, in a lively manner, giving it a gritty texture.
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| Medium | tempera |
| Dimensions | 98 × 155 Cm |
| Tags | knightswomanweaponstreestownsspearsrocksramqueensnobilitylizardskinghorsefiguresChristianityChristian subjectscavebonesmythologydragonshorsesroyaltycastlesreligionCentury of Progressworld's fairsChicago World's Fairsanimals |
| Certificate | Certificate not provided |
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Chain of custody, exhibitions, and verification milestones synced from the provenance service.
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José Puiggarí, Estudios de indumentaria española concreta y comparada, Barcelona, 1890, p. 380.
José Puiggarí, Estudios de indumentaria española concreta y comparada, Barcelona, 1890, p. 380.
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p. 77.
p. 77.
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fig. 16.
fig. 16.
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Don Francesc de Sales de Rocabruna i Jordà, Baron of Albi, by 1867, died 1874 [lent by him to Barcelona 1867, along with the four lateral panels now in the Louvre, Paris, and a painting of the Virgin, probably the painting now in the Philad...
Don Francesc de Sales de Rocabruna i Jordà, Baron of Albi, by 1867, died 1874 [lent by him to Barcelona 1867, along with the four lateral panels now in the Louvre, Paris, and a painting of the Virgin, probably the painting now in the Philadelphia Museum of Art]
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Paul Guinard and Jeannine Baticle, Histoire de la peinture espagnole du
Paul Guinard and Jeannine Baticle, Histoire de la peinture espagnole du
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Leandro Ozzola, “Il Trionfo della Morte nel Palazzo Sclafani di Palermo,”
Leandro Ozzola, “Il Trionfo della Morte nel Palazzo Sclafani di Palermo,”
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Mary Faith Mitchell Grizzard, “Bernardo Martorell: Fifteenth-Century Catalan
Mary Faith Mitchell Grizzard, “Bernardo Martorell: Fifteenth-Century Catalan
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Enrique Lafuente Ferrari, Breve historia de la pintura española, Madrid,
Enrique Lafuente Ferrari, Breve historia de la pintura española, Madrid,
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Barcelona, Academia de Bellas Artes, Exposición retrospectiva de obras de pintura, de escultura y artes suntuarias, 1867, nos. 2139–44.
Barcelona, Academia de Bellas Artes, Exposición retrospectiva de obras de pintura, de escultura y artes suntuarias, 1867, nos. 2139–44.
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Frederic-Pau Verrié, L’art català, vol. 1, ed. Joaquim Folch i Torres, Barcelona,
Frederic-Pau Verrié, L’art català, vol. 1, ed. Joaquim Folch i Torres, Barcelona,
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Juan de Contreras, Marqués de Lozoya, Historia del arte hispánico, vol. 2,
Juan de Contreras, Marqués de Lozoya, Historia del arte hispánico, vol. 2,
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Mary Grizzard, “An Identification of Martorell’s Commission for the Aragonese
Mary Grizzard, “An Identification of Martorell’s Commission for the Aragonese
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Everard M. Upjohn, Paul S. Wingert, and Jane Gaston Mahler, History of
Everard M. Upjohn, Paul S. Wingert, and Jane Gaston Mahler, History of
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Guadaira Macías and Rafael Cornudella, “El Retaule de sant Jordi de Bernat Martorell” in Marià Carbonell i Buades, ed. El Palau de la Generalitat de Catalunya: art i arquitectura, vol. 1, Barcelona, 2015, pp. 208, 210-11, 213 ill., 216, 220...
Guadaira Macías and Rafael Cornudella, “El Retaule de sant Jordi de Bernat Martorell” in Marià Carbonell i Buades, ed. El Palau de la Generalitat de Catalunya: art i arquitectura, vol. 1, Barcelona, 2015, pp. 208, 210-11, 213 ill., 216, 220, 225, 227-28, 229 ill.
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Anna Muntada i Torrellas, “Vestir l’altar de la capella: hun pali molt bell brodat de fil d’or, argent e de seda” in Marià Carbonell i Buades, ed., El Palau de la Generalitat de Catalunya: art i arquitectura, vol. 1, Barcelona, 2015, pp. 18...
Anna Muntada i Torrellas, “Vestir l’altar de la capella: hun pali molt bell brodat de fil d’or, argent e de seda” in Marià Carbonell i Buades, ed., El Palau de la Generalitat de Catalunya: art i arquitectura, vol. 1, Barcelona, 2015, pp. 182, 186, 187, 190, 191, ill.
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Susan Frances Jones, “Jan van Eyck and Spain,” Boletín de Museo del Prado 32, 50
Susan Frances Jones, “Jan van Eyck and Spain,” Boletín de Museo del Prado 32, 50 (2014), pp. 33, 48 n. 13.
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Sebastià Sánchez Sauleda, “Entre Bernat Martorell i els Vergós: la col.lecció Deering i el patrimoni català a la diaspora” in Rosa Alcoy, ed., Art fugitiu: Estudis d’art medieval desplaçat, Barcelona, 2014, pp. 427-29.
Sebastià Sánchez Sauleda, “Entre Bernat Martorell i els Vergós: la col.lecció Deering i el patrimoni català a la diaspora” in Rosa Alcoy, ed., Art fugitiu: Estudis d’art medieval desplaçat, Barcelona, 2014, pp. 427-29.
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Guadaira Macías and Rafael Cornudella, "Bernat Martorell y la pintura catalana de su tiempo" in Cataluña 1400. El Gótico Internacional, exh. cat., Barcelona, Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, 2012, pp. 56, 57, 59, fig. 1.
Guadaira Macías and Rafael Cornudella, "Bernat Martorell y la pintura catalana de su tiempo" in Cataluña 1400. El Gótico Internacional, exh. cat., Barcelona, Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, 2012, pp. 56, 57, 59, fig. 1.
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Guillaume Kientz in Cataluña 1400. El Gótico Internacional, exh. cat., Barcelona, Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, 2012, pp. 192-96, under no. 33.
Guillaume Kientz in Cataluña 1400. El Gótico Internacional, exh. cat., Barcelona, Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, 2012, pp. 192-96, under no. 33.
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Guadaira Macías and Rafael Cornudella, "Bernat Martorell i la llegenda de Sant Jordi. Del retaule als brodats, Locus Amoenus, no. 11
Guadaira Macías and Rafael Cornudella, "Bernat Martorell i la llegenda de Sant Jordi. Del retaule als brodats, Locus Amoenus, no. 11 (2011-2012), pp. 19-53, fig. 1.
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Guadaira Macías, Cèsar Favà, and Rafael Cornudella, El Gòtic a les col.leccions de MNAC, Barcelona, 2011, pp. 203, 207, 211.
Guadaira Macías, Cèsar Favà, and Rafael Cornudella, El Gòtic a les col.leccions de MNAC, Barcelona, 2011, pp. 203, 207, 211.
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Sebastià Sánchez Sauleda, “Col.leccionisme, art i reminiscencies medievals: Charles Deering i el Palau Maricel de Sitges,” Lambard. Estudis d’art medieval 22
Sebastià Sánchez Sauleda, “Col.leccionisme, art i reminiscencies medievals: Charles Deering i el Palau Maricel de Sitges,” Lambard. Estudis d’art medieval 22 (2010/2011), p. 101, 105-107, fig. 4.
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Justin E.A. Kroesen, Staging the Liturgy: The Medieval Altarpiece in the Iberian Peninsula, Leuven, Paris and Walpole, Massachusetts, 2009, pp. 82-83, fig. 58.
Justin E.A. Kroesen, Staging the Liturgy: The Medieval Altarpiece in the Iberian Peninsula, Leuven, Paris and Walpole, Massachusetts, 2009, pp. 82-83, fig. 58.
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Judith Berg Sobré in Martha Wolff et al., Northern European and Spanish Paintings before 1600 in the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 2008, pp. 78-86, ill.
Judith Berg Sobré in Martha Wolff et al., Northern European and Spanish Paintings before 1600 in the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 2008, pp. 78-86, ill.
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Probably commissioned for the chapel of Saint George, Palau de la Generalitat, Barcelona [Sobré in Wolff 2008]
Probably commissioned for the chapel of Saint George, Palau de la Generalitat, Barcelona [Sobré in Wolff 2008]
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exhibition
The Art Institute of Chicago, New Light on Old Masters: Research on Northern European and Spanish Paintings before 1600 in the Art Institute, 26 June—14 September 2008, no cat.
The Art Institute of Chicago, New Light on Old Masters: Research on Northern European and Spanish Paintings before 1600 in the Art Institute, 26 June—14 September 2008, no cat.
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Rosa Alcoy Pedrós, “Talleres y dinámicas de a pintura del gótico internacional en Cataluña” in La pintura gótica durante el siglo XV en tierras de Aragón y en otros territorios peninsulares, ed., María del Carmen Lacarra Ducay, Zaragosa, 20...
Rosa Alcoy Pedrós, “Talleres y dinámicas de a pintura del gótico internacional en Cataluña” in La pintura gótica durante el siglo XV en tierras de Aragón y en otros territorios peninsulares, ed., María del Carmen Lacarra Ducay, Zaragosa, 2007, pp. 173-4, fig. 60.
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Santiago Alcolea Blanch, “El Retaule de Sant Jordi de Bernat Martorell, a París, Xicago i Filadélfia” in Història de l’Art Català. Art Català al Món, Barcelona, 2007, pp. 72-75, ill.
Santiago Alcolea Blanch, “El Retaule de Sant Jordi de Bernat Martorell, a París, Xicago i Filadélfia” in Història de l’Art Català. Art Català al Món, Barcelona, 2007, pp. 72-75, ill.
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Larry J. Feinberg, “A Brief History of the Old Masters in the Art Institute of Chicago,” Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 32, 2
Larry J. Feinberg, “A Brief History of the Old Masters in the Art Institute of Chicago,” Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 32, 2 (2006), p. 12, fig. 6.
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M[artha] W[olff], in Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 30, 2
M[artha] W[olff], in Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 30, 2 (2004), pp. 79–80, no. 54 (cover ill.).
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Audrey Niffenegger, The Time Traveler’s Wife, New York, 2003, pp. 48–49.
Audrey Niffenegger, The Time Traveler’s Wife, New York, 2003, pp. 48–49.
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Joan Molina Figueras, ed., Bernat Martorell i la tardor del gòtic català: el context artístic del retaule de Púbol, exh. cat., Girona, Museu d'Art de Girona, 2003, p. 9, fig. 3.
Joan Molina Figueras, ed., Bernat Martorell i la tardor del gòtic català: el context artístic del retaule de Púbol, exh. cat., Girona, Museu d'Art de Girona, 2003, p. 9, fig. 3.
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Claudie Ressort in Véronique Gerard Powell and Claudie Ressort, Musée du Louvre, Département des Peintures. Catalogue. Écoles Espagnole et Portugaise, Paris, 2002, pp. 96-101, fig. 35.
Claudie Ressort in Véronique Gerard Powell and Claudie Ressort, Musée du Louvre, Département des Peintures. Catalogue. Écoles Espagnole et Portugaise, Paris, 2002, pp. 96-101, fig. 35.
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Francesc Ruíz i Quesada, Bernat Martorell, el Mestre de Sant Jordi, exh. cat., Barcelona, Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, 2002, pp. 11, 13, 20, 36–51
Francesc Ruíz i Quesada, Bernat Martorell, el Mestre de Sant Jordi, exh. cat., Barcelona, Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, 2002, pp. 11, 13, 20, 36–51 (ill.), 129 (ill.), 145, 147–49.
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Francesc Ruíz i Quesada, “Una reflexió a l’entorn del taller de Bernat Martorell a partir de l’observació de certes dissemblances presents en la seva obra,” Miscel.lània en homenatge a Joan Ainaud de Lasarte, vol. 1, Barcelona, 1998, p. 432...
Francesc Ruíz i Quesada, “Una reflexió a l’entorn del taller de Bernat Martorell a partir de l’observació de certes dissemblances presents en la seva obra,” Miscel.lània en homenatge a Joan Ainaud de Lasarte, vol. 1, Barcelona, 1998, p. 432.
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Annick Lautraite and Claudie Ressort, Le Tableau du mois, no. 41: Les Quatre Scènes de la légende de saint Georges par Bernardo Martorell, Paris, Musée du Louvre, 1997.
Annick Lautraite and Claudie Ressort, Le Tableau du mois, no. 41: Les Quatre Scènes de la légende de saint Georges par Bernardo Martorell, Paris, Musée du Louvre, 1997.
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Santiago Alcolea Blanch, “Martorell, Bernat,” in Dictionary of Art, vol. 20, 1996, p. 514, fig. 1.
Santiago Alcolea Blanch, “Martorell, Bernat,” in Dictionary of Art, vol. 20, 1996, p. 514, fig. 1.
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Joaquín Yarza Luaces, in La pintura española, ed. Alfonso Pérez Sánchez and Juan Manuel Bonet, vol. 1, Milan, 1995, p. 121.
Joaquín Yarza Luaces, in La pintura española, ed. Alfonso Pérez Sánchez and Juan Manuel Bonet, vol. 1, Milan, 1995, p. 121.
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Georges Didi-Huberman, Riccardo Garbetta, and Manuela Morgaine, Saint Georges et le dragon: Versions d’une légende, Paris, 1994, pp. 85
Georges Didi-Huberman, Riccardo Garbetta, and Manuela Morgaine, Saint Georges et le dragon: Versions d’une légende, Paris, 1994, pp. 85 (ill.), 96.
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Jacques Gagliardi, La Conquête de la peinture: L’Europe des ateliers du XIIIème au XVème siècle, Paris, 1993, p. 209, no. 250
Jacques Gagliardi, La Conquête de la peinture: L’Europe des ateliers du XIIIème au XVème siècle, Paris, 1993, p. 209, no. 250 (ill.).
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Claudie Ressort, La Peinture espagnole, Louvre, Paris, 1991, p. 5.
Claudie Ressort, La Peinture espagnole, Louvre, Paris, 1991, p. 5.
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Joan Ainaud de Lasarte, Catalan Painting, vol. 2, New York, 1990, pp. 78–80.
Joan Ainaud de Lasarte, Catalan Painting, vol. 2, New York, 1990, pp. 78–80.
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Judith Berg Sobré, Behind the Altar Table: The Development of the Painted Retable in Spain, 1350–1500, Columbia, Mo., 1989, p. 91, fig. 48.
Judith Berg Sobré, Behind the Altar Table: The Development of the Painted Retable in Spain, 1350–1500, Columbia, Mo., 1989, p. 91, fig. 48.
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Albert Châtelet and Roland Recht, Automne et renouveau, 1380– 1500, Le Monde gothique 35, Paris, 1988, pp. 230–31.
Albert Châtelet and Roland Recht, Automne et renouveau, 1380– 1500, Le Monde gothique 35, Paris, 1988, pp. 230–31.
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Art Institute of Chicago, Master Paintings in The Art Institute of Chicago, 1988 , p. 13
Art Institute of Chicago, Master Paintings in The Art Institute of Chicago, 1988 , p. 13 (ill.).
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Mathieu Hériard Dubreuil, Valencia y el Gótico Internacional, vol. 1, trans. Angela-Petra Salas Martinelli, Valencia, 1987, p. 137.
Mathieu Hériard Dubreuil, Valencia y el Gótico Internacional, vol. 1, trans. Angela-Petra Salas Martinelli, Valencia, 1987, p. 137.
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Josep Gudiol and Santiago Alcolea i Blanch, Pintura gótica catalana, Barcelona, 1986, p. 126, cat. 380, fig. 650.
Josep Gudiol and Santiago Alcolea i Blanch, Pintura gótica catalana, Barcelona, 1986, p. 126, cat. 380, fig. 650.
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Mary Grizzard, “La Provenance du retable de Saint Georges par Bernardo Martorell: Nouvelle Hypothèse,” Revue du Louvre 33
Mary Grizzard, “La Provenance du retable de Saint Georges par Bernardo Martorell: Nouvelle Hypothèse,” Revue du Louvre 33 (1983), pp. 89–96, fig. 1.
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Corts,” Art Bulletin 64
Corts,” Art Bulletin 64 (1982), pp. 312–13, fig. 3.
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Arnauld Brejon de Lavergnée and Dominique Thiébaut, eds., Catalogue sommaire illustré des peintures du musée du Louvre, vol. 2, Paris, 1981, p. 119.
Arnauld Brejon de Lavergnée and Dominique Thiébaut, eds., Catalogue sommaire illustré des peintures du musée du Louvre, vol. 2, Paris, 1981, p. 119.
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