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A Man in armour watercolour on paper 39.5 x 27cm

Footnote: The present watercolour is a copy after the painting on panel in the National Gallery, London, where the composition derives from the figure of St George in armour in Giorgione's 'Castelfranco Madonna' altarpiece. Both the watercolour and the National Gallery painting eliminate the Saint's helmet and crop the composition so that the flag at the top of the staff is no longer visible. Another 19th century copy of this composition, in oil, is in the Victoria and Albert Museum.

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