Ethiopian Lithograph

Rider on a white horse charges at a coiled foe, tree and all.

This lithograph from Ethiopia depicting St George slaying the dragon is from Ethiopia, East Africa, and is contemporary. It is ink on paper. St George is widely venerated in Ethiopia, where he is a popular patron saint and is often shown on horseback spearing a dragon. Painted panel holding a mounted figure on a pale horse, lance raised, above a dark creature near the ground. A second figure watches from beside a tall tree at the right. Colors are warm red, ochre and cream. It is 8.5 inches wide and 11 high.

Action, framed in a panel barely bigger than a hand.