1300 – 1400
Proto-Renaissance

Icon of Saint George (the "Black George")


Icon of Saint George (the "Black George"), tempera, gesso on linden (?) panel,
late 14th Century, 77.4 x 57 cm (British Museum, London)

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Icon of Saint George (the Black George)
Found in Pskov, Russia
late 14th Century

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