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50 works by 19 artists

50 works featuring “Dragon” by 19 artists, from the 15th to the 20th century, held in 28 museums.

The Virgin of the Apocalypse, Miguel Cabrera

The Virgin of the Apocalypse, 1760.

La Virgen del Apocalipsis (museum title)

Miguel Cabrera (Mexican), oil on canvas

National Museum of Art (MUNAL), Mexico City, Mexico

St John the Evangelist, Le Greco

St John the Evangelist, 1609.

Saint Jean l'évangéliste (museum title)

Le Greco (Spanish), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Apollon vainqueur du serpent Python, Eugène Delacroix

Apollon vainqueur du serpent Python, 1853.

Apollon vainqueur du serpent Python (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

Opening Vignette for the Poem Two Dragoons, Albert Edelfelt

Opening Vignette for the Poem Two Dragoons, 1897–1900.

Kaksi rakuunaa -runon alkuvinjetti (museum title)

Albert Edelfelt (Finnish), ink and gouache on paper

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Saint George, Carl Larsson

Saint George, 1896.

Sankt Göran (museum title)

Carl Larsson (Swedish), lithograph on paper

Gothenburg Museum of Art, Sweden

Sheet of Studies of Horses, a Cat and Fight with a Dragon, Leonardo da Vinci

Sheet of Studies of Horses, a Cat and Fight with a Dragon

Sheet of Studies of Horses, a Cat and Fight with a Dragon (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

St Margaret, artistic reconstruction of a stained-glass panel from the Dominican church in Kraków, Stanisław Wyspiański

St Margaret, artistic reconstruction of a stained-glass panel from the Dominican church in Kraków, 1895.

Święta Małgorzata. Rekonstrukcja artystyczna kwatery… (museum title)

Stanisław Wyspiański (Polish), gouache, colored pencil and ink on tracing paper

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Portrait of Feliks Jasieński in a blue caftan, Leon Wyczółkowski

Portrait of Feliks Jasieński in a blue caftan, 1911.

Portret Feliksa Jasieńskiego w błękitnym kaftanie (museum title)

Leon Wyczółkowski (Polish), pastel on paper

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Le Dragon à sept têtes et la Bête aux cornes d'agneau, Albrecht Dürer

Le Dragon à sept têtes et la Bête aux cornes d'agneau, 1496.

Le Dragon à sept têtes et la Bête aux cornes d'agneau (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), woodcut on laid paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

Jason, J. M. W. Turner

Jason, published in 1807.

Jason (museum title)

J. M. W. Turner (British)

National Gallery of Art, United States

Matsuri Yatai Dragon, Katsushika Hokusai

Matsuri Yatai Dragon, 1844.

Matsuri Yatai Dragon (museum title)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese)

Hokusai Museum, Japan

Dragon, from the album Seihō jūnishi jō, Takeuchi Seihō

Dragon, from the album Seihō jūnishi jō, 1905.

Dragon, from the album Seihō jūnishi jō (museum title)

Takeuchi Seihō (Japanese), woodblock print; ink, color and metallic pigments on paper

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

L'Hémisphère nord de la sphère céleste, Albrecht Dürer

L'Hémisphère nord de la sphère céleste, 1515.

L'Hémisphère nord de la sphère céleste (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), woodcut on paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

Two Dragoons, Albert Edelfelt

Two Dragoons, 1897–1900.

Kaksi rakuunaa (museum title)

Albert Edelfelt (Finnish), ink on paper

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Sea horse, Katsushika Hokusai

Sea horse, 1822.

Sea horse (museum title)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese)

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Saint George à cheval, Albrecht Dürer

Saint George à cheval, 1508.

Saint George à cheval (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), engraving on paper

Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Germany

Saint George, Wassily Kandinsky

Saint George, 1910.

Saint George (museum title)

Wassily Kandinsky (Russian), oil on canvas

Franz Marc Museum, Germany

Saint Georges tuant le dragon, Albrecht Dürer

Saint Georges tuant le dragon, 1496.

Saint Georges tuant le dragon (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), woodcut on laid paper

Städel Museum, Germany

L'Ange à la clef de l'Abîme, Albrecht Dürer

L'Ange à la clef de l'Abîme, 1496.

L'Ange à la clef de l'Abîme (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), woodcut on laid paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

Two Idiophones (Self-sounding Instruments) and a Fantastical Lyre, Leonardo da Vinci

Two Idiophones (Self-sounding Instruments) and a Fantastical Lyre

Two Idiophones (Self-sounding Instruments) and a… (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Bibliothèque de l'Institut de France

Saint Margaret and the Dragon, Titien

Saint Margaret and the Dragon, c. 1565.

Sainte Marguerite et le dragon (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Fortitude, Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Fortitude, 1560.

Fortitude (museum title)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Dutch), engraving

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

The Companions of Rinaldo, Nicolas Poussin

The Companions of Rinaldo, c. 1633.

The Companions of Rinaldo (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Closing Vignette for the Poem Two Dragoons, Albert Edelfelt

Closing Vignette for the Poem Two Dragoons, 1897–1900.

Kaksi rakuunaa -runon loppuvinjetti (museum title)

Albert Edelfelt (Finnish), ink and gouache on paper

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Kaiser Sigismund, Albrecht Dürer

Kaiser Sigismund, 1512.

Kaiser Sigismund (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), oil on wood panel

Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Germany

Saint George à pied, Albrecht Dürer

Saint George à pied, 1507.

Saint George à pied (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), engraving on paper

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Saint Georges et le Dragon, Albrecht Dürer

Saint Georges et le Dragon, 1501.

Saint Georges et le Dragon (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), woodcut on paper

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

La Grande Prostituée de Babylone, Albrecht Dürer

La Grande Prostituée de Babylone, 1496.

La Grande Prostituée de Babylone (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), woodcut on laid paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

The Blaker Chair, Adolph Tidemand

The Blaker Chair, 1843.

Blakerstolen (museum title)

Adolph Tidemand (Norwegian), pencil, wash and watercolour on paper

National Museum of Norway

Two Wind Instruments and Fantastical Weapons, Leonardo da Vinci

Two Wind Instruments and Fantastical Weapons

Two Wind Instruments and Fantastical Weapons (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Bibliothèque de l'Institut de France

Saint John the Evangelist, Le Greco

Saint John the Evangelist, 1610–1614.

Saint Jean l'Évangéliste (museum title)

Le Greco (Spanish), oil on canvas

El Greco Museum, Spain

Fortitude, Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Fortitude, 1560.

Fortitude (museum title)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Dutch), pen and brown ink on paper

Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Netherlands

Adam and Eve, Rembrandt van Rijn

Adam and Eve, 1638.

Adam en Eva (museum title)

Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch), etching

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Apollon vainqueur du serpent Python, Eugène Delacroix

Apollon vainqueur du serpent Python, 1850.

Apollon vainqueur du serpent Python (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium

Battle Between a Rider and a Dragon, Leonardo da Vinci

Battle Between a Rider and a Dragon

Battle Between a Rider and a Dragon (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

British Museum, United Kingdom

Study of Dragons, Leonardo da Vinci

Study of Dragons

Study of Dragons (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

retable Paumgartner, Albrecht Dürer

retable Paumgartner, 1500.

retable Paumgartner (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), oil on wood panel

Bavarian State Painting Collections, Germany

Le Déménagement de la Censure, Eugène Delacroix

Le Déménagement de la Censure, 1821.

Le Déménagement de la Censure (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French)

Prints in the National Gallery of Art, United States

Portal, Ulvik, Adolph Tidemand

Portal, Ulvik, 1843.

Portal, Ulvik (museum title)

Adolph Tidemand (Norwegian), pencil and pen on paper

National Museum of Norway

Jason, J. M. W. Turner

Jason, 1802.

Jason (museum title)

J. M. W. Turner (British), oil on canvas

Tate Britain, United Kingdom

Roger Liberating Angelica, Félix Vallotton

Roger Liberating Angelica, 1907.

Roger délivrant Angélique (museum title)

Félix Vallotton (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

Roger délivrant Angélique, Eugène Delacroix

Roger délivrant Angélique, 1855–1858.

Roger délivrant Angélique (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Musée de Grenoble, France

Initial Letter S for the Poem Two Dragoons, Albert Edelfelt

Initial Letter S for the Poem Two Dragoons, 1897–1900.

Kaksi rakuunaa -runon alkukirjain s (museum title)

Albert Edelfelt (Finnish), ink on paper

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Le Christ aux limbes, Albrecht Dürer

Le Christ aux limbes, 1512.

Le Christ aux limbes (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), engraving on laid paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

Saint Georges combattant le dragon, Eugène Delacroix

Saint Georges combattant le dragon, 1847.

Saint Georges combattant le dragon (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

St. Georg III, Wassily Kandinsky

St. Georg III, 1911.

St. Georg III (museum title)

Wassily Kandinsky (Russian)

Lenbachhaus, Germany

Paumgartner-Altar: Stephan Paumgartner als Heiliger Georg, Albrecht Dürer

Paumgartner-Altar: Stephan Paumgartner als Heiliger Georg, 1500.

Paumgartner-Altar: Stephan Paumgartner als Heiliger Georg (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), fir panel

Bavarian State Painting Collections, Germany

La Femme vêtue de soleil et le Dragon à sept têtes, Albrecht Dürer

La Femme vêtue de soleil et le Dragon à sept têtes, 1496.

La Femme vêtue de soleil et le Dragon à sept têtes (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), woodcut on laid paper

Bibliothèque nationale du Brésil, Brazil

Jason, J. M. W. Turner

Jason, 1807.

Jason (museum title)

J. M. W. Turner (British)

National Gallery of Art, United States

Étude du mouvement des chats, Leonardo da Vinci

Étude du mouvement des chats

Étude du mouvement des chats (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Royal Collection, United Kingdom