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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…

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…

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"…

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 Dream of St. Ursula is a single painting in Vittore Carpaccio’s series called the St. Ursula Cycle. Carpaccio was a Venetian native who most likely learned under Gentile Bellini who heavily influenced the way he created works for various scuole,…

This painting is eight of nine paintings of Carpaccio's St. Ursula collection that depicts scenes from St. Ursula's life. Carpaccio, most likely a student of Gentile Bellini, formed his own unique style of story telling through narrative…

This canvas is a part of Carpaccio's St. Ursula series, coming directly after the Dream of St. Ursula and prior to her arrival in Cologne. St. Ursula, wearing a blue dress near the center of the painting, kneels next to her fiance, looking up at the…

Dream of St. Ursula is the fifth painting of the series in the nine large paintings collection “Stories from the Life of St. Ursula” created by Vittore Carpaccio. Carpaccio has been praised for grasping each detail while still preserving the unity of…

This oil painting is the fifth in Vittore Carpaccio’s "Stories from the Life of St Ursula," commissioned by a scuola piccola called the Sculoa di San’Orsola to be displayed in their meeting house where prayer and devotion often occurred. A relatively…

The painting Triumph of Saint George by Vittore Carpaccio is the fifth of seven paintings in a collection known as Episodes from the Life of Sts Jerome, George and Triphun that depict three stories of Christian saints. This specific painting depicts…