St. George and the Dragon

Mid-15th century
Stained glass
The Cloisters, New York City

This is one of the few such images in which St. George dispatches the dragon with a sword rather than a spear. The reason for this choice, and for the absence of the horse, may be the tight frame in which the artist had to work.

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Photographed at the Cloisters by Richard Stracke, shared under Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license.