St. George on horseback slaying the dragon, 14th century

St. George on horseback slaying the dragon in front of a kneeling princess while a king and queen watch from a castle tower. From a painted wood and leather box in a cabinet of curiosities in Sigmaringen. The lower image shows knightly loyalty sleeping in a flower garden. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century, Frankfurt, 1889. Illustration by Dr. Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Alteneck, lithographed by Proebes. Dr. Hefner-Alteneck (1811 - 1903) was a German museum curator, archaeologist, art historian, illustrator and etcher

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