Dead Chicken

This was our first really terrific day--good coffee/hot chocolate, off to the Prado, great Cuban food for lunch, siesta, back to Botanical gardens near the Prado where we met this cat, extensive ramblings in Retiro park, 2 World Cup games, etc etc. But more on that later. Here are a couple outside shots of the Prado, where nothing can be photo-documented inside but the boys listed their three favorites. Most of which involve death, dying, hell, or skeletons. To which Ed added one of his faves: Saturn Devouring His Child. Which nearly happened only once when there was some close pointing near a masterpiece...But we made it out with no actual touching. Hooray for the Stackler*Williams family!

Ben:
1. Brueghel's Skeleton Army
2. Velasquez's King Ferdinand's Stag Hunt
3. Bosch's The Garden of Earthly Delights

Nate:
1. Patinir's St Jerome Pulling A Thorn out of a Lion's Paw
2. Goya's Third of May
3. Bosch's The Garden of Earthly Delights

In addition to the love for Bosch, there was all-around enjoyment of a painting heretofore referred to as the Dead Chicken (can't remember who painted it) as well as Velasquez's Las Meninas.

So we found we had pretty common taste. Or, rather, that the masterpieces really do take your breath away--even if you're 7 and don't know a masterpiece from a dead chicken.