St. George fighting the dragon

Peter Paul Rubens works of some of the work
(Peter Paul Rubens, 1577.6.28-1640 .5.30)
Flanders is the greatest painter, but also on behalf of Western European painting throughout the 17th century.

St. George fighting the dragon, the theme from the "Bible" and Europe's common themes of ancient murals. It described the history of Christianity; St. George was originally a martyr, about activities in the 3rd century AD. Since the 6th century, the legend out him had rescued from an evil dragon claw over a girl and was later praised. From about the 8th century onwards, he was deified as a saint, but also became the patron saint of England. Rubens showed here a mighty cavalry to act as St. George, and Raphael's painting, or subsequently with the French painter Ingress’s painting of St. George on the very different interests. The right care is immediately left the soldiers to kill this dragon gear, strokes sketches nature has played a good painter painted with warm colors unrest in the characteristics of the characters, so this fight is full of passion. Especially in St. George's horse, painted very spiritual.