The most famous of the few Spanish love-paintings is the fairy-tale "St George and the Dragon" (c. 1438, Art Institute of Chicago) by Bernat Martorel. The style is linked in its conventions to the illumination of manuscripts. The original Saint George is thought to have died about A.D. 300 at Lydda in Palestine. He seemingly assumed his role of a slayer of dragons from Perseus who slew a sea monster that had threatened the virgin Andromeda. The ideals of courtly love "were exalted to the sanctification of the perfect, gentle knight."