St George's Altar

It belongs to the property of the Metropolitan Chapter of St. Vitus Cathedral and is on loan to the exhibition of medieval art of the National Gallery in Prague.

This is evidenced by the depiction of the donors - the kneeling abbess and the canon - on the back of the altar wings, as well as a scene from the Saint George's legend.

The draperies of the Virgin Mary and the kneeling apostle are stylized in a way that is characteristic of the late Gothic style of the so-called pressed or broken folds.

[3] On the wings of the altar are three scenes from the life of the Virgin Mary (Annunciation, Visitation, Adoration of the Magi) and the Wrestling of St. George with the Dragon.

The exception is the scene of St. George and the Dragon, where the gilded background is preceded by a perspective representation of an open landscape with a castle and the figure of the rescued princess.