St George Altarpiece, Musee des Beaux-Arts de Dijon, Burgundy, France

St George Altarpiece, by Henri Bellechose, 1415-45, oil painting on wood transposed onto canvas, painted originally to decorate the Chartreuse de Champmol, from the collection of the Musee du Louvre, in the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Dijon, opened 1787 in the Palace of the Dukes of Burgundy in Dijon, Burgundy, France. The painting depicts St George killing the dragon (left), Christ on the cross with mourners and a kneeling donor, and the martyrdom of St George (right). Picture by Manuel Cohen

Filename

LC16_FRANCE_MC_0152.jpg

Copyright

© Manuel Cohen

Image Size

5906x4437 / 9.3MB

www.manuelcohen.com

15th century altar altarpiece art beheading belief bible Bourgogne Bourgogne-Franche-Comte Burgundy canvas Carthusian Chartreuse de Champmol Christ christian christianity collection color colour cross crucifixion Dijon Dijon Fine Arts Museum donor dragon Duc de Bourgogne Duke of Burgundy Europe European faith fighting fine arts France French halo Henri Bellechose heritage history horizontal image indoors inside interior Jesus killing kneeling Louvre Madonna martyr martyrdom Mary monk Musee des Beaux-Arts de Dijon Musee du Louvre museum new testament oil painting painting Palace of the Dukes and Estates of Burgundy palace of the Dukes of Burgundy palais des ducs de Bourgogne palais des ducs et des etats de Bourgogne religion religious sacred saint St George St George Altarpiece Valois Virgin Western Europe Western European wood

Contained in galleries