: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.
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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,,,,
:21:00
They are both calmed by the birth of John.
:21:03
How interesting.
:21:05
Why is he dressed Iike that?
:21:12
CIeopatra, for example....
What do you know of her?
:21:16
Massimo Stanzione....
:21:19
CIeopatra is on the same wall...
:21:22
as The Circumcision of Christ
by the pious Lodovico Cardi.
:21:26
-What bothers you?
-Bothers me?
:21:30
Right next to Saint Cecilia?
Can you imagine!
:21:35
By Carlo Dolci!
:21:37
And next to Eastern Still Life!
:21:40
-Why does that bother you?
-Don't argue, OIeg.
:21:44
As a Catholic, that shocks me.
:21:49
What do you think of Wagner?
:21:51
Who is Wagner?
:21:53
OIeg, he doesn't know Wagner!
:21:56
Wagner is that child who behaved badly...
:21:59
with my best friend, Meyerbeer.