Sandro del Prete
The Sculptor, the Dragon and the Virgin
Thousands of years ago, a giant seized a great boulder in his three hands and
hurled it into the present. A stonecutter was hired to free the beautious young
maiden observed within the boulder. When he attempted to cut into the stone,
however, the boulder became so hard that it prevented the cutter from working it.
The stone mesmerized him so that he took a few steps back to examine it from a
distance, and he then beheld a dragon that was hidden inside. The stonecutter
approached, and with his chisel, struck the dragon in the heart, freeing the maiden
within from thousands of years of captivity.