Stephan Paumgartner Portrayed As Saint George, Left Panel Of The Paumgartner Altarpiece, C.1500 is a painting by Albrecht Dürer Or Duerer which was uploaded on January 18th, 2023.
Stephan Paumgartner Portrayed As Saint George, Left Panel Of The Paumgartner Altarpiece, C.1500
St. George is depicted carrying a banner with the cross of Saint George and holding down the defeated dragon; considered to be the earliest occasion... more
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Stephan Paumgartner Portrayed As Saint George, Left Panel Of The Paumgartner Altarpiece, C.1500
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Albrecht Dürer Or Duerer
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St. George is depicted carrying a banner with the cross of Saint George and holding down the defeated dragon; considered to be the earliest occasion on which an artist is known to have used the facial features of a donor in depicting a saint; painting commissioned by Stephan and Lukas for the Church of Saint Catherine in Nuremberg, perhaps after the safe return of Stephan from a pilgrimage to Jerusalem in 1498;
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January 18th, 2023
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