Saint George in Armor
n.d.
Medium
Tint lithograph on cream wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 49.5 × 33.3 cm (19 1/2 × 13 1/8 in.); Sheet: 51.7 × 35.8 cm (20 3/8 × 14 1/8 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
149530
Art Historical Context
Behold *Saint George in Armor*, striking tint lithograph by Ferdinandoty, a prominent 19th-century German from the renowned Piloty family of painters and printmakers. Created on cream wove paper, this undated work measures nearly 20 by 14 inches and captures the legendary Christian martyr and dragon-slayer in full Renaissance-style armor, evoking chivalry and heroism. Housed in the Art Institute of Chicago's Prints Drawings department, it exemplifies the medium's rise in the 1800s as an accessible way to disseminate grand imagery. Tint lithography, Piloty's chosen technique, involved multiple...