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These became dispersed throughout Europe and Charles I inherited a group from his elder brother, Henry, who died in 1612. They doubtless influenced both the King's taste and the imaginative production of Francesco Fanelli.<br><br><b>Materials & Making</b><br>Bronze is an alloy of copper and tin, though its exact content can vary. Fanelli's 'bronzes' actually appear to be brass, which is a copper-zinc alloy, with a dark lacquer applied to the surface.<br><br><b>Ownership & Use</b><br>Similar bronzes of equestrian subjects were produced by Fanelli for John Holles, the Earl (and later Duke) of Newcastle, governor of the future Charles II.  A version of this bronze and a 'Cupid on Horseback' were listed  in an inventory of the King's collection at Whitehall Palace in 1639.  Both were sold from the royal collection in 1649, after Charles I's execution, but were traced by an agent of Charles II  following the restoration of the monarchy. They are now at Windsor Castle.","physicalDescription":"This group represents St George on horseback in armour, holding a lance with both hands, being in the process of pushing the lance into the open mouth of the dragon. 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A., 1953.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Statuette, bronze, St George and the Dragon, by Francesco Fanelli (1577-after 1641), Anglo-Italian, England (London), 1632-1639 (model).  ","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Per Rumberg, Desmond Shawe (ed.),<i> Charles I King and Collector</i>,catalogue of the exhibition (Royal Academy of Arts, London, 27 January-15 April 2018), London 2018, p. 251, cat. 115 (entry by Lucy Whitaker).  "},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Emilie von Binnebeke, <i>Bronze Sculpture: Sculpture from 1500-1800 in the Collection of the Boymans-van-Beuningen Museum</i>, Rotterdam 1994, pp. 132, 3, cat. no. 38."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"David Howarth, 'Charles I, Sculpture and Sculptor's', in  Anthony MacGregor (ed.), <i>The Late King's Goods</i>, London & Oxford 1989, no. 3, fig. 43, p. 93."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Oliver Millar (ed.), ‘Abraham Van der Doort’s Catalogue of the Collection of Charles I’, <i>Walpole Society</i>, XXXVII, 1960, p. 94.   "},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"John Pope-Hennessy, ‘Some Bronze Statuette by Francesco Fanelli’, <i>The Burlington Magazine</i>, 95, 1953, fig. 11, pp. 156-62."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"George Vertue, ‘Note book 1713-1756’, IV, <i>Walpole Society</i>, XXIV, 1936, p. 110."}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[{"text":"George (Saint)","id":"N7"}],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"dragon","id":"x39308"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"British Galleries:\nTHREE BRONZES BY FANELLI<br>\nRecords show that small bronzes like these stood on the windowsills of important rooms in Whitehall Palace. Charles I admired Italian statuettes, having inherited an important group from his elder brother, Prince Henry (1594-1612). He went on to buy the famous Gonzaga collection of antique sculpture for £10,000.","date":{"text":"27/03/2003","earliest":"2003-03-27","latest":"2003-03-27"}}],"partNumbers":["A.5-1953"],"accessionNumberNum":"5","accessionNumberPrefix":"A","accessionYear":1953,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2019LN1293","2019LR2449","2019LV4914"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-25","recordCreationDate":"2003-03-27","availableToBook":false}}