The Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting

00:00:20 THE HYPOTHESIS OF THE STOLEN PAINTING

00:03:02 And yet...

00:04:44 And yet only seven paintings

00:06:52 We see two Crusaders in the act of playing chess.

00:09:25 And why the authorities had no alternative.

00:11:26 re-enacted through the medium of tableaux vivants

00:15:53 What leads us from it to the one we may consider

00:19:14 the untenable aspect of the theme will not have escaped anyone.

00:21:19 let us carefully observe the Grand Master.

00:22:57 that the crescent moon

00:24:59 The chiaroscuro, obviously, is arbitrary.

00:28:28 for the painting?

00:30:22 someone has just committed

00:32:41 But was this not enough to provoke a scandal?

00:34:40 not entirely unaware of the interest he has awakened in the Marquis de E.

00:36:35 Perceiving the disquieting implications of the scene

00:38:23 and confesses his love to the Marquise.

00:40:15 but intervention of E.'s family

00:42:15 The latter intervenes

00:44:39 recalls the painting Tortures of the Inquisition.

00:47:15 of decreasing importance.

00:49:38 masquerading as mere debauches.

00:53:23 we humble creatures of this world

00:55:22 the paintings are beginning to fade from memory.