Lot 218 AN ITALIAN SCULPTED LIMESTONE MODEL OF SAINT GEORGE, SECOND HALF 20TH CENTURY
Reference: ART4003167
Depicted with the dragon, inscribed San Giorgio.
Height 129 cm.
Atop a square tapering pedestal base, height 119 cm., square 70 cm.
Height overall 248 cm.
The oldest known record of Saint George slaying a dragon is found in stele reliefs in Georgia from the 6th or 7th century.
By the 8th century the saint was venerated in England and the pilgrim father’s ship The Mayflo- wer sailed bearing the flag of Saint George- then established as the patron saint of England.