:23:02
Mother!
:23:13
Canova!
:23:15
What an elevated approach to art!
:23:18
What feel for the material!
:23:22
How wonderful!
:23:27
He is a true heir to the masters of antiquity!
:23:31
Canova almost married my mother.
:23:34
Was your mother a sculptress?
:23:37
Yes. In Rome.
:23:39
In Rome? Your mother, a sculptress,,,,
:23:43
In this Canova collection,
there are even sculptures...
:23:49
that Tsar AIexander bought from the wife....
:23:52
Of Napoleon?
:23:54
Yes.
It was 1815, I was at the Congress of Vienna.
:23:58
What were you doing there?
:24:00
-I was a diplomat.
-A diplomat?
:24:03
This collection was the object
of a harsh dispute.
:24:08
Look where we are now!
:24:12
Is this a dream?
:24:15
Maybe, maybe.
:24:20
I don't know about you, but I'm wide awake!
:24:26
It's amazing how well I speak Russian!
:24:29
Yes, quite well,
:24:34
Who was that small man?
Wasn't that Pushkin?
:24:41
-Good day.
-Good day.
:24:44
Is that your great poet? Your beloved one?
:24:47
I read him in French. Nothing special.
:24:51
Sir,
:24:52
My God, how touchy you are!
:24:56
Pardon me!