# St George and the Dragon [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [CARPACCIO, Vittore]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Tempera on canvas, 141 x 360 cm ## Commentary Episode No. 4 of the series of seven paintings "Episodes from the Life of Sts Jerome, George and Triphun". St George and the Dragon is set in a wide open space, unlike anything Carpaccio had ever done before. The whole of the foreground is taken up by St George on his horse and the monstrous animal, wounded and dying, arranged along a diagonal line that goes from the praying princess to the tip of the dragon's curved tail. On the ground, baked by the sun, we can see the remains of the dragon's victims and vipers, lizards, toads and vultures, each realistically portrayed. To the left, from the terraces of the fairytale palaces, the inhabitants of Selene watch the outcome of this extraordinary tournament. ## Related artworks - [Agony in the Garden]() - [Apotheosis of St Ursula \(detail\)]() - [Apotheosis of St Ursula]() - [Arrival of the English Ambassadors \(detail\)]() - [Arrival of the English Ambassadors \(detail\)]() - [Arrival of the English Ambassadors \(detail\)]() - [Arrival of the English Ambassadors \(detail\)]() - [Arrival of the English Ambassadors \(detail\)]() - [Arrival of the English Ambassadors \(detail\)]() - [Arrival of the English Ambassadors]() - [Baptism of the Selenites \(detail\)]() - [Birth of the Virgin]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()