Saint George

Cast 1899

Alfred Gilbert (English, 1854–1934)

This intricate statuette is composed of around 20 separate pieces. Its subject is Saint George, the patron saint of England, known for slaying a dragon. Clad in fantastical, skin-tight armor, he stands atop a stylized base that alludes to the vanquished dragon’s body.

Saint George was designed by Alfred Gilbert to adorn the lavish tomb for Queen Victoria’s grandson Prince Albert Victor, who died prematurely in 1892. The queen personally installed the first version of the sculpture at Windsor Castle in 1898. Gilbert had this bronze replica produced a year later to sell to a private collector.

Status: On View, Gallery 223
Department: Painting and Sculpture of Europe

Artist: Alfred Gilbert
Title: Saint George
Place: England (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.: 1899
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: H.: 45.7 cm (18 in.); Including base: H.: 53 cm (20 7/8 in.)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by the Roy and Irene Rettinger Foundation and Anne Searle Bent; European Painting and Sculpture Fund; purchased with funds provided by an anonymous donor, the Alsdorf Foundation, and Frances and Edward Blair
Reference Number: 2025.210
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Richard Dorment, Alfred Gilbert (Yale University Press, 1985), 199.
Rirchard Dorment, Alfred Gilbert, Sculptor and Goldsmith, exh. cat. (Royal Academy of Art, 1986), 164.

London, Royal Academy, Alfred Gilbert: Sculptor and Goldsmith, Mar. 29-June 1986, cat. 72.

The artist; sold to Robert Dunthorne, 1899; sold to William Vivian, 1899; by descent to Prudence Molesworth-St Aubyn; by descent to private collection, Great Britain; sold through Patrick Bourne & Co., London, to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2025.

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