Two Monks Looking up at a Dragon in a Tower, 1500–1550, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, on vellum, 7 3/8 x 5 1/2in. (18.7 x 13.9cm), Drawings, Anonymous, Italian, Tuscan, early 15th century, This scene, loosely sketched in its most essential elements, may allude to Petrus de Cruce's real or imaginary journey to two popular holy sites located on the pilgrimage route between Damascus and Beirut: the holy mountain where Noah built his ark and the place outside Beirut where Saint George supposedly slayed the dragon that was devouring the local youth
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Two Monks Looking up, Dragon, Tower, 1500–1550, Pen, brown ink, brush, wash, vellum, 7 3/8 x 5 1/2in, 18.7 13.9cm, Drawings, Anonymous, Italian, Tuscan, early 15th century, scene, loosely sketched, essential elements, allude, Petrus de, Cruce, real, imaginary journey, two popular, holy, sites, located, pilgrimage route, Damascus, Beirut, holy mountain, Noah built, ark, place outside, Saint George, supposedly, slayed, dragon, devouring, local youth
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