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Lost sculpture found in museum’s wall
Published: 12 May, 2010, 21:07
Edited: 17 May, 2010, 18:58
TAGS: Art, Russia, Thrills&Spills
A 19th-century sculpture thought to be lost was found immured in the wall of Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg.
The piece was discovered by accident during repairs. In order to install a fuse box, electricians broke a brick wall, uncovering a sculptural fragment that turned out to be part of a composition “Refugee Slave” thought to have been lost years ago.
Next to the piece, the workers found an old calendar and a note saying that the sculpture was immured in the doorway on February 22, 1947.
The museum stuff is puzzled by the discovery. Now specialists are trying to guess why anybody would want to immure this sculpture.
The composition “Refugee Slave,” consisting of two sculptures that portray a man and a boy, was created by Russian sculptor Vladimir Beklemishev in the late 19th century.
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Probably it was fear to Stalin. Being a figure about a man and a boy, probably the one who inmured the sculpture thought Stalin was going to destroy it.