Giorgi Saakadze defending Georgia from enemies

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Year: Unknown
Medium: Unknown
Current location: Unknown
Work type: History & epic
Theme: Georgia's Historical Memory

giorgisaakadzedefendinggeorgiafrompirosmani

Description

Giorgi Saakadze is shown defending Georgia from enemies.

Cultural Note

Pirosmani’s paintings also show many Georgian historical figures, such as Erekle II and Giorgi Saakadze, which circulated in 19th century Georgian visual culture. This, in turn, helped facilitate Georgian culture and history, and make it known more worldwide.