LA CUEVA DEL TESORO Painting

Robertson Davies: The Cornish Trilogy: “The Rebel Angels" Mamusia led Hollier to a heavy wooden door and we walked into a room where we had to use candles. What immediately seized you was the smell, which was not foul, but very strong, heavy, and warm; I can only describe it as a combination of wet wool and stable, but concentrated. All around the walls stood large, heavily elegant shapes; they were rounded, and seemed almost like mute human figures; in racks in the middle of the room were smaller versions of these man-sized cases, plump and gleaming. They gleamed because they were made of copper, so that they twinkled and took the light in a manner that was almost jewel-like, but subdued. This was not the thin, cheap copper of the commercial jug or ornament, but the finest metal, very costly in the modern market. It seemed to be a cave of treasure. At a Mamusia’s direction, Yerko took a knife and deftly broke the heavy wax seal at the uppermost end of one of the small copper vessels, lifted the lid and at once a powerful essence of the prevailing smell escaped. Inside, in a bed of what looked like dark-brown earth, lay a figure swathed in wool. Mamusia unwrapped the figure, which was bandaged at least six layers deep, and there we saw a violin. Hollier put out his hand to touch the brown dust that surrounded the woollen cloth. – Damp – he said. - Of course it is damp. And it is alive, too. Don’t you know what that is?” Horse dung - said Mamusia - The best; thoroughly rotted and sieved, and from horses in mighty health.

Painting:Oil on Paper

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:24.4 W x 38.6 H x 0.4 D in

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