
"Allah is the greatest, that there is no god but Allah, and that Mohammed is his messenger."

"Allah is the greatest, that there is no god but Allah, and that Mohammed is his messenger."

Marcel Brunery's Melomanes (Ear for Music) dates to 1935 and cheerfully hangs at Warrington Art Gallery where I inspected in the autumn. The two cardinals appear rather comical, one playing a great cello while his companion, who sits but five feet away, seems to have trouble hearing. Or is the cardinal in scarlet simply enjoying the beautiful sound made by his crimson colleague?