OLGA VOLCHKOVA Russian/American, 1970
Saint Belladonna - Print available
14" x 12"
Signed print available $100
Signed print available $100
Belladonna means 'beautiful woman' in Italian. The plant contains atropine, an extremely potent medicine. Medieval ladies used to drop it into their eyes to make their pupils wider and more...
Belladonna means "beautiful woman" in Italian. The plant contains atropine, an extremely potent medicine. Medieval ladies used to drop it into their eyes to make their pupils wider and more attractive. It is today used by eye doctors for the same purpose. In the wild it's very dangerous. It takes only six berries of belladonna to kill a human being. That's why saint belladonna is holding a dragon, keeping the effect of those berries on a leash. If you know your dragon, you can use these berries safely -- in Flying Ointment, for example.
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