Saint George kills the dragon

Executed in tempera on wood, the painting displays the precise brushwork and layered coloration typical of late 15th‑century Venetian workshops. The palette is dominated by muted grays and whites, with deeper shadows that model the armor’s sheen and the dragon’s scaled hide, highlighting the artist’s attention to material texture and spatial depth.

Attributed to Bartolomeo Vivarini, an active Venetian painter between roughly 1450 and 1499, the work reflects his contribution to the city’s early Renaissance visual language. After changing hands over the centuries, it entered the collection of the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin, where it remains on display as part of the museum’s Italian Renaissance holdings.