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''Saint Margaret and the Dragon'' is the title shared by two paintings of Saint Margaret by the
File:David Teniers after Raphael - St Margaret and the Dragon GL GM 37.jpg, Copy by Teniers after the Vienna version in the Kelvingrove Art Gallery, Glasgow
File:Davidis-Teniers - After Raphael.jpg, Engraving from Teniers' catalog by
''Saint Margaret and the Dragon'' is the title shared by two paintings of Saint Margaret by the Renaissance
The Renaissance ( , ) , from , with the same meanings. is a period in European history marking the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and covering the 15th and 16th centuries, characterized by an effort to revive and surpass ideas ...
painter Raphael
Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, better known as Raphael (; or ; March 28 or April 6, 1483April 6, 1520), was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. List of works by Raphael, His work is admired for its clarity of form, ease of ...
, both executed in about 1518. One is held in the Kunsthistorisches Museum
The Kunsthistorisches Museum ( "Museum of Art History", often referred to as the "Museum of Fine Arts") is an art museum in Vienna, Austria. Housed in its festive palatial building on the Vienna Ring Road, it is crowned with an octagonal do ...
in Vienna
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, the other in the Louvre in Paris.
Vienna version
The painting shows the saint at the moment before she is swallowed alive by the dragon. She is shown unafraid, holding the crucifix that will save her once she is swallowed.''Theatrum Pictorium''
This painting was documented in David Teniers the Younger's catalog ''Theatrum Pictorium
''Theatrum Pictorium'', or ''Theatre of Painting'', is a short-hand name of a book published in the 1660s by David Teniers the Younger for his employer, the Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria. It was a catalog of 243 Italian paintings in the Ar ...
'' of the art collection of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm in 1659 and again in 1673, but the portrait had already enjoyed notoriety in Teniers' portrayals of the Archduke's art collection.
Paris version
Another version showing the central figure holding a palm branch is in the collection of theLouvre
The Louvre ( ), or the Louvre Museum ( ), is the world's most-visited museum, and an historic landmark in Paris, France. It is the home of some of the best-known works of art, including the ''Mona Lisa'' and the ''Venus de Milo''. A central l ...
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Gallery
Jan van Troyen
Jan van Troyen (1610 – 1670) was a Flemish engraver and etcher. He is mainly known for the work he did for David Teniers the Younger on the illustrations for the '' Theatrum Pictorium'', an publication which gave an overview of the paintings i ...
, 1673
File:David Teniers (II) - The Gallery of Archduke Leopold in Brussels - WGA22066.jpg, ''Gallery of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm in Brussels (Schleissheim)
''Gallery of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm in Brussels'' is a painting of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm's Italian art collection by the Flemish Baroque painter David Teniers the Younger, now held in the Schleissheim Palace. It dates to the 1650s.
The ...
'', 1640
File:David Teniers (II) - Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria in his Gallery - WGA22064.jpg, '' Gallery of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm (Brussels)'', 1651
File:El archiduque Leopoldo Guillermo en su galería de pinturas en Bruselas (David Teniers II).jpg, '' The Archduke Leopold Wilhelm in his Painting Gallery in Brussels'', 1651
File:David Teniers d. J. 008.jpg, ''Gallery of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm in Brussels (Vienna)
''Archduke Leopold Wilhelm and the artist in the archducal picture gallery in Brussels'' is a 1651 painting of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm's Italian art collection by the Flemish Baroque painting, Flemish Baroque painter David Teniers the Younger, n ...
'', 1651
File:David Teniers the Younger - Archduke Leopold Wilhelm in his Art Gallery in Brussels.jpg, ''Archduke Leopold Wilhelm in his Art Gallery in Brussels'', 1650s
File:Portrait of Ste. Marguerite Vierge et Martyre (4671644).jpg, Engraving after the Louvre version by Nicolas Bazin, 1690
See also
*List of paintings by Raphael
The following is a list of paintings by Italian Renaissance painter Raphael. Together with Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci he forms the traditional trinity of great masters of that period. He was enormously prolific, despite his early death at ...
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References
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* 1518 paintings 16th-century paintings Paintings of dragons Paintings by Raphael Paintings in the collection of the Kunsthistorisches Museum Paintings in the collection of the Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria {{16C-painting-stub