ABSTRACT
The Benaki Museum in Athens has recently acquired through the generosity of the A. Leventis Foundation an icon of St George slaying the dragon. More than 20 icons signed by Angelos have been located up to now and the fact that he used only his first name in his signature presumably indicates the extent of his fame. St George is dressed in military uniform: a short tunic with long sleeves and a cuirass with gold ornamentation which has a single row of leather ‘wings’ on the saint’s upper arms and a double row in the area of the pelvis. St George has a round shield on his left arm and in his right hand holds a spear which he is plunging into the mouth of the dragon, a three-headed monster with red wings.
