Saint Joris and De Dragon, monogram miss AB (17th century), 1600 print Joris is in armor on his horse and puts his lance through the head of the dragon. The princess on the right turns off crying and prays for his victory. A lamb next to her. At the rear right, Christofoor wads with the Christ child on his shoulder through the river in the direction of a hermit with a lantern. Bottom left in the margin a twelve -line caption in Latin and bottom right a seven -line caption, also in Latin. Low Countries paper engraving St. George and the dragon: dressed in armour and mounted on a (white) horse h
Saint Joris and De Dragon, monogram miss AB (17th century), 1600 print Joris is in armor on his horse and puts his lance through the head of the dragon. The princess on the right turns off crying and prays for his victory. A lamb next to her. At the rear right, Christofoor wads with the Christ child on his shoulder through the river in the direction of a hermit with a lantern. Bottom left in the margin a twelve -line caption in Latin and bottom right a seven -line caption, also in Latin. Low Countries paper engraving St. George and the dragon: dressed in armour and mounted on a (white) horse he brandishes his sword (his lance lies already broken on the ground); the princess nearby may be shown praying or fleeing. St. Christopher, with the infant Christ on his shoulders, wading through the water and carrying his staff (palm-tree); sometimes a hermit stands on the further bank beside a chapel, a lantern in his hand
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