Saint Mary Magdalene, a wooden sculpture of the 17th century, attributed to the Spaniard Pedro de Mena. Collection of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts.
The exhibition at the Pushkin Museum, “The Spanish Collection. From the Holdings of Russian Museums”, is open until 4 February
At the close of the Strugatskys' "Roadside Picnic" the Golden Sphere is asked for this: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to leave no one aggrieved, but the digest really does come free. So, here is the
Frederic Leighton. “Daedalus and Icarus”, 1869 Daedalus warns his son not to climb too high: the heat of the sun may melt the wax, but Icarus is already gazing into the distance, and the lamentations of a foolish old man interest him not in the least
