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In this painting Carpaccio depicts a ruthless dragon and the attempt to fend it off. The threat of the creature is underscored by the grisly half-eaten torsos, one of a nude man whose genitals are mostly left, and one of a still-collared woman,…

The painting shows the first of the three episodes dedicated to St. George's life: the other two are the Triumph of St. George and the Baptism of the Selenites. The works date to Carpaccio's mature period when he was commissioned by the "Scuola"…

The context of this image is that Vittore Carpaccio reveals Saint Jerome next to a lion while others around him are scared and running away from him. The image is the second of seven total paintings that depict Saint Jerome and is part of the…

Depicted here is the “Triumph of Saint George”, a painting created by Vittore Carpaccio. In order to understand the context of the painting, one must first understand the historical story. St. George, a traveling Christian Roman soldier, stumbles…