St. George and the Dragon

Description

Landscape draftsman Wolfgang Huber made only a few prints. In this woodcut, he developed ideas from his drawings, such as the radiating light, agitated clouds, and soaring trees. Here, he applied these ideas to the story of Saint George slaying the dragon. Huber rendered the figures with the same short marks as the trees and rocks surrounding them so that they appear to blend into the landscape.

Provenance

(P&D Colnaghi & Co., Ltd., London, England), given to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (?–1970); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (May 13, 1971–)

St. George and the Dragon

Wolfgang Huber

1520

Accession Number

1971.60

Medium

woodcut

Dimensions

Sheet: 20.7 x 15.5 cm (8 1/8 x 6 1/8 in.)

Classification

Print

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Members of The Print Club of Cleveland through fiftieth anniversary donations