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In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · as of August 2026
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
According to a legend based on Greek myth, as Saint George passed through Libya, he rescued a king’s daughter who had been left as a sacrifice to placate a vicious dragon. In gratitude for being delivered from the monster’s tyranny, the king’s subjects converted to Christianity. Here George wears armor in the ancient style based on Roman sculpture. Classical armor in Renaissance art was reserved for elite male subjects as a sign of their virtue. As a military saint, George’s attire conveys his antiquity as an early Christian hero (died about AD 303), conferring on him a sense of Roman authority and gravity.
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Polidoro da Caravaggio — Frieze with Three Horsemen
Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528) — The Small Horse
Jost Amman — Marcus Curtius
Romanino (Italian, 1484/87–1562) — Romulus and Remus Found b
Anonymous, Italian, Roman-Bolognese, 17th century — Saint Ma
Albrecht Dürer — Knight on Horseback and Landsknecht
Lucas van Leyden — Abigail Before David
Anonymous, German, 16th century — Knight on Horseback
Battle of the Milvian Bridge (fragment) (verso)
Roelandt Savery — A Hungarian Horseman
Hans Ulrich Fisch vom Stein I|Tobias Stimmer — Triumph of Mo
Jean Duvet (French, 1485–1561) — Huntsman Presenting a Gift 
