Allaert Claesz
Netherlandish, c. 1500-1555
The Naked Woman and the Dragon
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Allaert Claesz
Netherlandish, c. 1500-15551553
The Naked Woman and the Dragon
Allaert Claesz Netherlandish, c. 1500-1555 →engravingprint
Date
1553
Medium
Engraving in black on cream laid paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 23.1 × 23.1 cm (9 1/8 × 9 1/8 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Bequest of Mrs. Potter Palmer, Jr.
This enigmatic subject has never fully been explained. Unlike the princess in the Saint George roundel by Martin Schongauer (1956.887) on view in gallery 202a, this regal woman wards off the dragon with her scepter. In the vignette above, a stunned female entourage watches as she flies away on the beast’s back. The work’s large scale and perspectival background scene suggest it was intended as a design for a stained-glass window.
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