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"description": "According to a legend based on Greek myth, as Saint George passed through Libya, he rescued a king\u2019s daughter who had been left as a sacrifice to placate a vicious dragon. In gratitude for being delivered from the monster\u2019s tyranny, the king\u2019s subjects converted to Christianity. Here George wears armor in the ancient style based on Roman sculpture. Classical armor in Renaissance art was reserved for elite male subjects as a sign of their virtue. As a military saint, George\u2019s attire conveys his antiquity as an early Christian hero (died about AD 303), conferring on him a sense of Roman authority and gravity.",
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"citation": "Turner, Evan H. \"The Year in Review for 1992.\" The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 80, no. 2 (1993): 38-79.",
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"citation": "\"1993 Annual Report.\" The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 81, no. 6 (1994): 143-218.",
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