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Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump

Movie: Skyfall
Painting: Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump
Author: Joseph Wright of Derby
About the film
Cast: Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Javier Bardem, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Bérénice Marlohe, Albert Finney, Ben Whishaw
Actors in scene: Daniel Craig, Ben Whishaw
Country (movie): USA, United Kingdom
Genres: thriller, action
Director: Sam Mendes
Writers: Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, John Logan
Time of scene: 00:38:42
Release year: 2012
About the painting
Title: Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump
Author: Joseph Wright of Derby
Date of creation: 1768
Style: Realism, Romanticism
Size: large
Artist's country: United Kingdom
Room: gallery, museum
Room colors: gold, blue
Theme: genre scene
Color: red, black
Additional information:

Bond meets up with his new quartermaster Q in the museum.
The painting on the left depicts a natural philosopher, a forerunner of the modern scientist, recreating one of Robert Boyle’s air pump experiments, in which a bird is deprived of air. It is all about cutting-edge innovations in science – an appropriate as a backdrop for Q.