St. Göran och Draken

Unknown (Swedish)


Item type:
mural
Date of creation:
15th century
Technique / Medium:
mural al secco
Place of creation:
Uppland
School:
Mälar Valley School

Additional titles

St. George and the dragon

    Item location

  • Björklinge kyrka
    Located on the north web of the vaulting.

Description

St. George rides a dappled horse over a narrow, rocky strip of ground toward a dragon. The princess stands behind the horseman on the far right. Round her neck she has a collar of five clearly visible pellet bells and four more can be seen on her belt.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Bell [2381] (pellet bells)

Bibliographic references

Barth Magnus, Ingebjørg and Birgit Kjellström. Musikmotiv i svensk kyrkokonst: Uppland fram till 1625 = Musical Motifs in Swedish Church Art: The Region of Uppland up to 1625. Trans. by Michael Stevens (Stockholm: Svenska RIdIM-kommittén; Statens musiksamlingar, 1993) 89. ISBN 9197211702. RILM 1993-13916.

RIdIM record id

2372