:19:00
Shouldn't they rise?
:19:03
My European friend, he is visiting Russia,
:19:05
-My pleasure.
-He's European,
:19:12
Medicine is a fine profession.
:19:15
I haven't spoken for years.
:19:19
Aside from my new accomplice.
:19:22
Such a Iong time.... What is that odour?
:19:25
Odour?
:19:27
A curious odour.
:19:29
Have you been in Saint Petersburg Iong?
:19:32
Yes, for one hour.
:19:34
-And you came straight here?
-I had my reasons.
:19:38
You must Iove art!
:19:41
Are you interested in beauty
or just its representation?
:19:44
No, Marquis. We're here to rest.
:19:48
"Marquis"?
:19:49
How do you rest?
:19:51
Today, we've come together.
:19:55
It smells of formaldehyde.
:19:57
Formaldehyde,
:19:58
Marquis, I'II show you a splendid painting.
:20:02
These men are emitting
a very strange odour.
:20:05
Marquis, Iook at
The Birth of John the Baptist.
:20:09
The Marquis smells of formaldehyde.
Is he alive?
:20:13
No, it's you.
:20:17
I know this painting.
I saw it on my Iast visit here.
:20:22
It comes from Paris,
from the Crozat collection.
:20:25
Catherine II acquired it in 1772.
:20:30
One of the earliest pieces
of the Hermitage collection.
:20:33
Such information is for specialists.
:20:38
For us, detail is more interesting.
:20:41
Look closely here.
:20:43
A chicken and a cat are in the foreground.
:20:48
They are symbolic figures.
:20:51
The chicken represents greed, avarice...
:20:54
the cat, cynicism and cruelty.
:20:58
Cynicism and cruelty,,,, The cat,,,,