About this work
St George of Lydda riding on a horse, brandishing a weapon, and appearing to the judge
Original catalogue wording
5. St George of Lydda riding on a horse, brandishing a weapon, and appearing to the judge | 6. The judge handing to Nazib his paper of release | 7. Nazib entering the church, in which the people are gathered, and handing his paper of release to the priest
Scene identification transcribed from the scene-summary field of the PEMM painting record.
Scenes and visual evidence
- 015. St George of Lydda riding on a horse, brandishing a weapon, and appearing to the judgePosition recorded by PEMM: top
How St George terrified Qadi and commanded him to release Näzib and he released him; Qadi
- 026. The judge handing to Nazib his paper of releasePosition recorded by PEMM: bottom-left
How he wrote a document and he gave it to Näzib as a sign and he sent him away; Qadi
- 037. Nazib entering the church, in which the people are gathered, and handing his paper of release to the priestPosition recorded by PEMM: bottom-right
How Näzib entered the church and he handed over Qadi's document and the priests read it
- Source date
- 1667-1706
- Date evidence
- The PEMM project records its date evidence as “Date from catalog”.
- Holding institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Shelfmark
- 2002.4
- Folio
- 107r
- Recorded provenance
- Originally sold to Sam Fogg, Sam Fogg Rare Books and Manuscripts, London, by 1998 [research report in curatorial file; Fogg and Hosking, 2001, no. 19]; sold to the Art Institute, 2002. Catalog by Getatchew Haile in PEMM Dropbox
- Place evidence
- Place recorded or purchased, as stated by the source. It is not treated as the place of production.
- Catalogue source
- Princeton Ethiopian, Eritrean, and Egyptian Miracles of Mary (PEMM) project
- Source record
- paintings.csv, Painting ID 1819 (3 episode rows)