Saint George Defeating the Dragon 1581 Gillis Coignet I 1542-1599 Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp, Belgium, Belgian. ( The legend tells of a dragon causing terror in the city of Silene, Libya, and the people having to sacrifice sheep and eventually humans to the dragon. The king's daughter was chosen as the next sacrifice, but Saint George saved her by killing the dragon with a lance. )

---

Size: 6378px × 5880px
Location: Antwerp
Photo credit: © Peter Horree / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: ages, antwerp, art, arts, belgian., belgium, bible, catholic, christ, christian, christians, church, culture, defeating, devout, dragon, eventually, fine, george, god, history, holy, humans, libya, mary, medieval, middle, museum, painting, paintings, religion, religious, renaissance, royal, sacred, sacrifice, saint, saints, sheep, silence, silene, st, testament, worship