George and the Dragon
Iconography: George and the Dragon
Date: XIX century. The mid-19th century.
Material: Wood, levkas, tempera
Dimensions: height 44,5 cm, width 39,6 cm
The central part of the icon features St. George on the horseback slaying the dragon with a spear directed by an angel, with a figure of princess Elisaba and Christ the Pantocrator inside a medallion in the upper part of the icon.
Received from the Vuchetich All-Union Industrial Art Combine in 1985.
Inv. № РЖ – 1668. © S.D.Erzi Museum of Fine Arts of the Republic of Mordovia
Bibliography:
Русское искусство XVIII - XX века: живопись, икона, культовая деревянная скульптура, графика, скульптура: каталог. Т.1 / МРМИИ им. С.Д. Эрьзи; [редкол.: Л.Н. Нарбекова и др.; авт. - сост.: Т.В. Елисеева, Е.А. Вишнякова]. Саранск, 2009. № 155. С. 111.
General view