Art Print St. George with the Sword

Art Print St. George with the Sword

With this moving, tense depiction of St. George's fight with the dragon, Raphael shows himself from a new side as a dramatist. The present drawing, not only through the more energetic facial expression of St. George, but also through the determined, powerful strokes, the effective light-dark contrast and through the concentration on the main action, makes us feel this dramatic element of the decisive moment even more strongly than the executed version in the Louvre.
The skull with bones lying on the ground and the broken lance point stuck in the body of the beast hint at the dramatic history of both the past battles and the present one, thus heightening not only the dangerousness of the moment depicted but also the special triumphant achievement of St. George. The drawings by Raphael Santi (Raphael da Urbino)
Single prints in high quality collotype quality
Each in a decorative folder
The high-quality prints were produced over decades in the last century in the printing workshop FRATELLI ALINARI STAMPERIA D'ARTE in Florence as single sheets according to old craftsmanship. The collotype process used is a technique in which elements of planographic and intaglio printing are combined, making an almost loss-free reproduction possible - without the resolution into individual printing dots (pixels) common today in offset and digital printing processes. This ensures an optimal image effect for the eye and the soul.
The individual printed sheets on handmade paper are glued onto embossed passe-partouts (also made of handmade paper) and are each delivered individually in a dark green decorative folder, as seems appropriate for Raphael, il maestro del disegno.

Collotype on embossed passepartout, in valuable portfolio

Motif size: 26.6 x 26.7 cm