File:Byzantine - St George and the Dragon - Walters 41205.jpg

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St. George and the Dragon   (  )
Artist	Byzantine
Title	St. George and the Dragon
Description	English: Fragment of a small steatite image of St. George and the dragon. Its back side is rough and uneven, since it was originally embedded in a protective wooden panel. A number of comparable artefacts are known, collectively dated to c. the 12th century (with possible inclusion of 11th and 13th century dates). Jean-Claude Cheynet, Claudia Sode, Studies in Byzantine Sigillography, Volume 8, Walter de Gruyter, 2003, p. 43 (fn 9).
Date	12th century date QS:P571,+1150-00-00T00:00:00Z/7 (Middle Ages era QS:P2348,Q12554 )
Medium	soapstone medium QS:P186,Q707896
Dimensions	7.2 × 5.8 cm (2.8 × 2.2 in)
Collection	Walters Art Museum    Native name Walters Art Museum Location Baltimore, United States of America Coordinates 39° 17′ 48″ N, 76° 36′ 58″ W   Established 1934  Website thewalters.org Authority file : Q210081 VIAF: 128918374 ISNI: 000000040373611X ULAN: 500279110 LCCN: no00096900 GND: 16029354-6 WorldCat institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number	41.205
Object history	Dikran Kelekian, Constantinople and Paris [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase 1914: purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore Walters Art Museum, by bequest
Exhibition history	Early Christian and Byzantine Art. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore. 1947. Realms of Faith: Medieval and Byzantine Art from the Walters Art Museum. Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville. 2001-2002. Realms of Faith: Medieval and Byzantine Art from the Walters Art Museum. Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville. 2002-2005. Realms of Faith: Medieval and Byzantine Art from the Walters Art Museum. Museum of Biblical Art, New York; Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville; Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha. 2008-2009.
Credit line	Acquired by Henry Walters, 1914
Source	Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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