St. George statue slaying the dragon in lightly hand-painted cold cast bronze. From Veronese Collection. Hand-crafted in Italy.
The Veronese Collection is well known for outstanding quality and magnificent craftsmanship. Paolo Veronese has always been appreciated for the chromatic brilliance of his palette, the splendor and sensibility of his brushwork, the aristocratic elegance of his figures, and the magnificence of his spectacle.
Saint George is the Patron of Christendom. The devotional statue of the armed St. George, with his foot on the dragon, resemble in sentiment and significance the figures of St. Michael: where they are represented together, the wings or the balance distinguish the archangel ; the palm, the martyr. In the General Roman Calendar the feast of Saint George is on 23 April. In the Tridentine Calendar of 1568, it is given the rank of “Semidouble”.
