Saint George

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Saint George

Alfred Gilbert (English, 1854–1934)LinkedCulture matchlcp-ac77acf2916f

Date
Cast 1899
Medium
Bronze
Culture
England
Department
Painting and Sculpture of Europe
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID
279902

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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.

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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
Provenance
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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AAT300301253

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