Oil painting on canvas cardboard.
Size 40x40cm.
Framed in a black frame.
The original work is not available at the moment.
 
This nickname (the god-beast) comes from a legend dating back to the 10th century.
 
Sentenced to death for a murder committed in Paris, a man, who proclaimed his innocence, owed his salvation to the presence of the little insect. Indeed, on the day of his public execution, the condemned man had to have his head cut off. But a ladybug landed on his neck.
The executioner tried to remove it, but the beetle returned several times to the same place. King Robert II (972-1031) then saw this as divine intervention and decided to pardon the man.
A few days later, the real murderer was found. This story spread very quickly and the ladybug was therefore considered a good luck charm that should not be crushed.