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Art reproduction on a postal envelope insulted the court of Kuban

Yana Antonova, an activist from Krasnodar, is threatened with sanctions for legislative contempt. In the correspondence that the woman had with the court, she used a postal envelope with an art reproduction of the ‘Skinning a Corrupt Judge’ painting depicted on it. The original painting is a diptych completed by Gerard David in 1498. It is called ‘The Court of Cambyses’, depicting a famous plot described by the ancient Greek historian Herodotus. According to the legend, the Persian ...

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