Saint George (died 23 April 303) was a soldier of Cappadocian Greek origin. A member of Roman emperor Diocletian's Praetorian Guard, he was sentenced to death for refusing to recant his Christian faith. He is immortalised in the legend of Saint George and the Dragon and his feast day is celebrated on 23 April. Saint George is claimed as their patron saint by England, Ethiopia, Georgia, Catalonia and several other nation states, as well as by various cities, universities, professions and organisations.
This picture is a 97 cm × 34 cm (38 in × 13 in) painting of Saint George, depicted in armour with a dead dragon behind him, painted with tempera on a gold-ground wooden panel by Italian Renaissance artist Carlo Crivelli in 1472. Originally produced as part of a polyptych altarpiece for a Dominican church in the town of Ascoli Piceno, the panel is now in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.Painting credit: Carlo Crivelli