Madonna and Child with Saint George
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| Artist | Correggio |
| Year | c. 1530 |
| Medium | oil on panel |
| Dimensions | 285 cm × 190 cm (112 in × 75 in) |
| Location | Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden |
Madonna and Child with Saint George (Madonna di San Giorgio[1]) is an oil on panel painting by Correggio dating to c. 1530 and now in the Gemäldegalerie in Dresden.
It features the Madonna and Child in the centre under a floral dome which draws on the Madonna della Vittoria by Mantegna. To the left are Geminianus (patron saint of Modena, shown in bishop's robes and holding a model of the city assisted by a putto) and John the Baptist. To the right are saint Peter Martyr (patron saint of the confraternity for which it was painted, wearing the white and black habit of the Dominicans and with a knife in his head) and Saint George (with the dragon's head under his left foot and his sword and helmet held by three putti).
