The house
of the haruspex
Oil on canvas, 2011, 100 x 70 cm . Original sold.
The haruspex predicts the
future by interpreting signs
that he is able to discover hidden in the bowels of
animals. The place of his work
is bare, half way between the shop of a
dealer and a pagan temple. The large bowls, which
contain the remains of animals butchered for the
prophecy, are the tools of his
work. The soothsayer is sad. To him falls
the task of sacrificing innocent
animals, for an oracle that says
nothing that is not already known.
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