A still life features an antique violin with ornate details and its bow, resting on deep red velvet.

“A grand, antique string instrument worn and aged with a deep golden-brown varnish darkened by time, its wooden body scarred with fine cracks and gold-filled kintsugi repairs. The f-holes are stylized like delicate gothic cathedral windows, dark and hollow, giving the instrument a mysterious, almost sentient appearance. The neck is slender and slightly warped, resembling a human spine with faint engravings that look like ancient runes. The scroll curls elegantly like a baroque architectural volute, resembling a ram’s horn twisted in ornate detail. The strings are frayed and patched in places with fine silk threads, symbolizing threads of fate. The bridge is warped but still sturdy, appearing like a delicate bridge from Piranesi’s imaginary prisons. The tailpiece is ornate, decorated like a medieval reliquary, dark metal with tiny inlaid mother-of-pearl symbols. The bow lies beside it, wrapped in aged leather with a calligraphy brush-like tip. The instrument rests on a velvet-draped surface in a dimly lit room, surrounded by dusty relics and faded velvet curtains, conveying a mood of decay, grace, and haunted beauty.” Make it grotesque and grandeur yet absurd See more