LOT 15 A LARGE CARVED OAK MODEL OF ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON, PROBA...
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A LARGE CARVED OAK MODEL OF ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON PROBABLY EARLY/MID 19TH CENTURY, NORTH EUROPEAN The armoured saint depicted on rearing horse, lancing dragon below94cm high, 79.5cm wide, 26cm deepProvenance:The collection of Standish Robert Vereker, 7th Viscount Gort (1888- 1975) at Hamsterley Hall, Co. DurhamInherited by The Hon. Catherine Mary Wass, OBE (1942-2021) upon the death of her great-uncle, the 7th Viscount Gort, in 1975Illustrated: C. Hussey, 'Hamsterley Hall, Durham: The Seat of the Hon. S.R. Vereker, M.C.', Country Life, 21 October 1939, p. 421, fig. 8; R.E.The Role of Antiques Today: Furniture and Tapestry at Hamsterley Hall', Country Life, 2 March 1940, p. 231, fig. 6.Exhibited:Bessie Surtees House in 1934 This carved oak model of St. George and the Dragon is from the collection of the 7th Viscount Gort, Standish Robert Vereker (1888 - 1975), at Hamsterley Hall, Co. Durham. It was photographed by Country Life in the drawing room at Hamsterley in 1939 and 1940. The design is possibly inspired by a drawing attributed to the workshop of Raphael (Urbino 1483 - Rome 1520) in the National museum, Stockholm (inv. no. NM 297/1863); a 19th century albumen print of this drawing is in the Royal Collection, acquired by Prince Albert (1819-61) for the Raphael Collection (RCIN 851606). The painter and sculptor, Matthew Cotes Wyatt (1777-1862), produced a related sketch, possibly for the bas-relief in St. George's Hall, Windsor (RCIN 917613). This imagery can also be found on the Badge of The Order of the Garter, on the reverse of British coins from the early 19th century, and reflects the interest in the chivalric order and Arthurian legends during the Victorian era.
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