Today is our 1st Birthday!

Rubens, St. George and the Dragon, 1606
(Image: Museo del Prado)

One year ago we started this blog about the History of Painting. It takes up hours and hours of work, but we enjoy a lot. We know that you enjoy it too and that makes this work easier.


That's why today we want to thank you for reading us every Thursday, thanks for your critics and suggestions, thanks for pointing out our mistakes and thanks for all your support. We've got loads of projects and ideas and we hope we can stay by your side for many other years!

As an anniversary gift, and being today St. George, a quite special day for many of you, I thought of analyzing Ruben´s 'St George and the Dragon'.
We are expecting your comments and we hope to see you often around here, as it´s been so far.
Cristina del Rosso

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Sources: https://www.heiligenlexikon.de/

http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/26860

http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2014/04/the-anatomy-of-a-dragon.html

http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2013/04/happy-st-georges-day.html

www.museodelprado.es

Néret, G. Rubens. Köln, Taschen, 2006

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