Spanish Early Renaissance Painter, ca.1400-1452  Related Paintings of MARTORELL, Bernat (Bernardo) :. | Saint George Killing the Dragon | Two Scenes from the Legend of ST.George The Flagellation The Saint Dragged through the City (mk05) | The Nativity | From the Legend of ST George The Saint Decapitated (mk05) | The Decapitation of St.George |
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