The fight: St George kills the dragon VI
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Story
A knight clad in armor and a flowing red cloak thrusts his sword into a dragon, while a woman wrapped in white and blue robes looks on from the right amid an open landscape. The scene shows Saint George battling the dragon, a subject drawn from religious art. The painting, titled The fight: St George kills the dragon VI, was created in 1866 by Edward Burne-Jones in oil, and it is held at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. The work entered the collection as a gift given in memory of a mother born in Sydney. Burne-Jones, who lived from 1833 to 1898, was associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and also worked within Symbolism, and his notable works include Hope. One detail worth noticing is the calm, watchful posture of the woman in blue and white, standing apart from the violent struggle unfolding beside her.
Where it works
Suited to living rooms and media rooms, and to hotel lobbies, in a horizontal format.
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Gift of Arthur Moon KC in memory of his mother, Emma, born in Sydney in 1860, the daughter of John de Villers Lamb 1950 · Print © Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney