<p>I need specifically to load a JPG image that was saved as a blob. GDI+ makes it very easy to retrieve images from files but not from databases...</p>

First fetch your blog into a byte array then use something like this:
```
```
public static Image CreateImage(byte[] pict)
{
   System.Drawing.Image img = null;
   using (System.IO.MemoryStream stream = new System.IO.MemoryStream(pict)) {
    img = System.Drawing.Image.FromStream(stream);
   }
   return img;
}
```
```