The fruit, the shine, the precision — every detail painted centuries ago yet so lifelike it could’ve been captured on an iPhone this morning. That’s the magic I love: when art makes the past feel like now

At the centre is a huge ten-metre-long glowing blue figure lying inside a glass casket, half-human and half-fantasy, slowly rising and falling as if breathing. It’s strangely peaceful, almost hypnotic, and you can sit right there on the steps surrounding it.

Many of these pieces, delicate and century-old, are unlikely to be displayed again — making this a rare, perhaps once-in-a-lifetime chance to have seen them up close.