Bronze signed statue Saint George and the Dragon made by Marian Kievits Holland

Description

This
is a very nice
bronze statue of
Saint George and the Dragon
made and signed by Marian Kievits (1944/2008) in Holland
.Its mounted on a stone base.Its signed MK on the taile of the dragon, you can see it on the pictures. I don’t know if there are more made, probably only one.
Measures 10,3 inch high and 6 inch wide,weight 3,2 kilo.
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Kievits was an autodidact as an artist. She initially worked in ceramics, but switched to bronze. In addition to small sculptures, she made a number of bronze statues for public space. She was inspired by the human figure and the relationship that people have with each other or with animals. Her works show Kievit's humorous nature.She has exhibited from the early 1980s, among others with Aas Paasman in De Klimmende Bever in IJsselmonde (1983), with Onno Boerwinkel, Wijm Bos and Heleen Vriesendorp at De Vlierhoeve in Blaricum (1994) and with Annie van Wingerden-Monen at gallery De Praktijk. in Wissenkerke (1997). One of her images was the Flax Boy in clogs, lugging two bundles of flax. The statue was placed in 1988 along the Waaltje in memory of the flax cultivation in Rijsoord. At the end of 2012, the bronze boys were sawn off the pedestal, after which a number of statues were temporarily stored in the municipality as a precaution. One of these was Winkelientje, another statue of Kievits, which has been in storage until 2020. In 2014, a work of art by Joop Horsten was placed at the location of the Vlasjongen, which depicts the contours of the boy in steel. And a bronze portrait of Queen Beatrix in front of the council chamber of the municipality of Ridderkerk. Was moved to the meeting room of the mayor and aldermen after the throne.
Kievits was a board member of the Oud Ridderkerk Foundation, which manages the local Antiquities Chamber. When former mayor Harm Bruins Slot left the municipality in 1994, he donated two statuettes of Kievits that he had received during his tenure to the Oudheidkamer.
Saint George
Also known as
Jirí
Jordi
Victory Bringer
Zorzo
Memorial
23 April
(Roman Catholic)
3 November
(Russian Orthodox)
fourth Sunday in June
(Malta)
third Sunday in July
(Gozo)
23 November
(Georgia)
P
rofile
Soldier. Martyr. That’s all we know for sure.
Several stories have been attached to Saint George, the best known of which is the
Golden Legend
. In it, a dragon lived in a lake near Silena, Libya. Whole armies had gone up against this fierce creature, and had gone down in painful defeat. The monster ate two sheep each day; when mutton was scarce, lots were drawn in local villages, and maidens were substituted for sheep. Into this country came Saint George. Hearing the story on a day when a princess was to be eaten, he crossed himself, rode to battle against the serpent, and killed it with a single blow with his lance. George then held forth with a magnificent sermon, and converted the locals. Given a large reward by the king, George distributed it to the poor, then rode away.
Due to his chivalrous behavior (protecting women, fighting evil, dependence on faith and might of arms, largesse to the poor), devotion to Saint George became popular in the Europe after the 10th century. In the 15th century his feast day was as popular and important as Christmas. Many of his areas of patronage have to do with life as a knight on horseback. The celebrated
Knights of the Garter
are actually
Knights of the Order of Saint George
. The shrine built for his relics at Lydda, Palestine was a popular point of pilgrimage for centuries.
One of the
Fourteen Holy Helpers
.
Died
tortured and beheaded c.304 at Lydda, Palestine
Patronage
against herpes
against leprosy
against plague
against skin diseases
against skin rashes
against syphilis
lepersagricultural workers
archers
armourers
arms manufacturers
butchers
cavalry
chivalry
equestrians
farmers
field hands
field workers
halberdiers
horsemen
horses
husbandmen
knights
riders
saddle makers
saddlers
sheep
shepherds
soldiers
Boy Scouts
Bulgarian Armed Forces
Crusaders
Order of the Garter
Palestinian Christians
Romanian Army
Teutonic Knights
Worshipful Company of Armourers and Brasiers
Canada
England (by Pope Benedict XIV)
Ethiopia
Georgia
Germany
Greece
Lithuania
Malta
Montenegro
Portugal
Serbia
Cappadocia
Catalonia
Palestine