Art Reproductions St. George and the Dragon by Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio Da Urbino) (1483-1520, Italy) | WahooArt.com

Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio Da Urbino) (i) - Oil (i) - Renaissance (i) St. George and the Dragon is a small cabinet painting by the Italian High Renaissance master Raphael, 1504-1506. The painting used to be a highlight of the Pierre Crozat collection which was acquired through Diderot's mediation by Catherine II of Russia in 1772. For a century and a half, the panel hung in the Imperial Hermitage Museum. It was one of the most popular paintings in the entire collection of the Tsars. In March 1931 the Bolsheviks sold the painting to Andrew Mellon, who ceded it to the Washington Gallery.