“The Bonanza King, location 267/814: Sacramento). In the morning of January 24, 1848, a glimmer in the gravel of the mill’s tailrace caught Marshall’s eye. He pinched up a pebble of yellow metallic substance about half the size of a pea, then picked out a second piece. Marshall’s heart thumped; he was certain he’d found gold. Crouch, Gregory (2018-06-18T23:58:59). The Bonanza King: John Mackay and the Battle over the Greatest Riches in the American West (Kindle Locations 268-271). Scribner. Kindle Edition. I remember we were chatting about this and that as we cast an inattentive glance over the collection, perhaps about the painting we planned to see the following day, when our eyes were drawn to a painting of Christ that hung at the far end of the hallway, a beam of sunlight falling upon the feet, glistening on nails that had a porcelain texture that to me was unmistakable. “Do you see what I see?” asked Carlo. Conversation gave way to a stunned silence. We were seeing the same thing. A providential ray of sunlight had revealed Bronzino’s Christ on the Cross, painted by the artist for the Panciatichi family in Florence circa 1540, a work long since lost and vainly sought by connoisseurs of Florentine art of the period. Costamagna, Philippe (2018-08-13T23:58:59). The Eye: An Insider's Memoir of Masterpieces, Money, and the Magnetism of Art (Kindle Locations 90-93). New Vessel Press. Kindle Edition. Costamagna, Philippe (2018-08-13T23:58:59). The Eye: An Insider's Memoir of Masterpieces, Money, and the Magnetism of Art (Kindle Locations 87-90). New Vessel Press. Kindle Edition. ”
