Still Life with Plums
The Flemish painter Jacob van Hulsdonck (1582-1647)
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Elder Fyodor Kuzmich and Emperor Alexander I: the Identity Theory, Historians’ Views and the Church’s Position
A mural in Tomsk showing Saint Theodore of Tomsk, also known as the elder Fyodor Kuzmich, and Emperor Alexander I, whom many consider to be one and the same person. I am inclined to think so too. The man who called himself Fyodor Kuzmich appeared in 1836 in Perm Governorate,
Zurbarán exhibition at the Louvre opens with the 1627 “Crucifixion” from the Art Institute of Chicago
The Surbarán exhibition at the Louvre opens with the "Crucifixion" that launched the painter's fame in Seville in 1627. The Dominicans of the monastery of San Pablo el Real commissioned 21 paintings from the young Surbarán, and this vast canvas, almost three metres high, became the
Congressman Raskin proposes Smithsonian exhibition on Trump's propaganda
Jamie Raskin, the Democratic congressman for Maryland, has introduced in the US House of Representatives a bill that would oblige the Smithsonian Institution to create a permanent exhibition on the propaganda of Donald Trump. The bill is entitled the "Preserving and Remembering the History of Trump and Other Tyrants
Bronze Gallic bracelet of the 3rd or 2nd century BC from the Bucquoy necropolis
This bronze bracelet, discovered in the Celtic necropolis of Bucquoy in the department of Val-d'Oise, is an outstanding example of Gallic jewellery-making. The ornament dates from the 3rd or 2nd century BC and belongs to the heyday of the La Tène culture. The piece is distinguished