Saint George in Armor

Prints and Drawings

n.d.

Ferdinand Piloty (German, 1785-1844)
after Lucas Cranach the Elder (German, 1472-1553)

The German Romantic artist Ferdinand Piloty looked to Lucas Cranach’s 16th-century woodcut of the full-length Saint George as inspiration for this lithograph. He did not copy the saint directly, showing him reversed, at three-quarter length, and in a shallower space. Yet the halo effect of the lighting, George’s glorious hair, and the implied glint of the intricate armor leave little doubt as to the holy nature of the knight’s errand. Piloty and his colleagues Johann Strixner and Alois Senefelder dramatically fueled the German Romantic enthusiasm for the artistic past, through the creation both of exacting reproductions and nostalgic new works.

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Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Ferdinand Piloty
Title: Saint George in Armor
Place: Germany (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Artist's working dates 1805–1844
Medium: Tint lithograph on cream wove paper
Dimensions: Image: 49.5 × 33.3 cm (19 1/2 × 13 1/8 in.); Sheet: 51.7 × 35.8 cm (20 3/8 × 14 1/8 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection
Reference Number: 2013.418
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