On Page 129, there is a rotogravure of an artwork depicting the Marquis de Nointel arriving in Jerusalem with great pomp and circumstance — the painting on the wall. But how it ended up glued to that wall, no one knew, nor why it was covered up. It could be “a fog-of-war issue,” Mr. Bolen said. What everyone did know was that it would be dangerous to move because of how the painting had been attached to wall: backed by gauze and glued on. And, Mr. Bolen said, his wife, Eliza, told him, “If you move that painting, you will have 100 years of bad luck.” He thought she was probably right.

Source: New York Times January 21, 2019 09:56 UTC