Saint George Struggling with the Dragon

A knight in dark armor sits atop a rearing white horse, poised to deliver a blow to a dark, winged dragon with his sword. Pieces of a shattered lance lie on the ground, indicating the intensity of the struggle. In the background, a princess in a red dress runs toward the safety of rocky hills under a clear sky.

The work embodies the Renaissance Neoplatonic ideal of the 'Miles Christianus' (Christian Knight), symbolizing the triumph of the rational soul and divine virtue over base material instincts and chaos. This hagiographic scene served as a potent allegory for moral and philosophical refinement prized in the Italian courts of the early 16th century.