Joris doodt de draak 1578

ink drawing

pen drawing

mechanical pen drawing

pen illustration

pen sketch

junji ito style

linework heavy

ink drawing experimentation

pen-ink sketch

pen work

sword

"Joris doodt de draak" (George Kills the Dragon) is a 1578 engraving by Cornelis Cort, depicting the legendary tale of Saint George slaying a dragon. The print, housed in the Rijksmuseum, shows Saint George on horseback, his lance piercing the dragon's head. The scene is set against a backdrop of ruined buildings, perhaps symbolic of the dragon's defeated evil. Cort's precise linework and dramatic composition make this a striking example of Northern Renaissance printmaking.