# Saint George and the Dragon

**Bernat Martorell** (Spanish, active from 1427–died 1452)  
1434–35  
Tempera on panel  
155.6 × 98.1 cm (61 1/4 × 38 5/8 in.)

Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1933.786. [The museum's record](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/15468).

## About this work

Bernat Martorell was one of the greatest painters in Catalonia, Spain, during the first half of the 15th century. Here, he rendered a frequently depicted episode from the popular legend of Saint George, in which the model Christian knight saves a town and rescues a beautiful princess. George’s halo and armor and the scaly dragon are richly modeled with raised stucco decoration.

_Text from the Art Institute of Chicago._

Bernat Martorell painted this in 1434–35. It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago.

### What you’re looking at

St. George on white horse, piercing green, gold dragon

_Description from the Art Institute of Chicago._

### How it was made

- **Tempera.** Pigment bound with egg yolk. It dries in minutes and can’t be blended wet, so painters built up form with fine, hatched strokes. It was Europe’s main panel technique before oil.

### [Bernat Martorell](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/bernat-martorell)

Spanish, active from 1427–died 1452

## Facts

- Type: Painting
- Culture: Spain
- Real size: about 61 × 39 in (155 × 98 cm). The original is larger than our largest print, 30 × 40 in, so every print is a reduction.
- Century: 15th century
- Subjects: knights, woman, weapons, trees, towns, spears, rocks, ram
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

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