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Mood for the week: a porcelain Bolognese of the Meissen Manufactory, 1734
Mood for the week: a porcelain Bolognese of the Meissen Manufactory, 1734. Modelled by Johann Joachim Kändler, collection of the Louvre, donor a former consul of the Ottoman Empire in France, Isaac de Camondo
NB! · Archaeology · Art · Museums
Roman gold ring for three fingers, made in the 3rd century AD
Roman gold ring for three fingers. 3rd century AD.
NB! · Observations · Humour
Lads, does anyone know what tank this is?
Aristocracy · London · Monarchies
Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897 and the reigns of Elizabeth II and George III
Among the guests at Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897 were Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich and his wife, Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna, a granddaughter of Queen Victoria. It was the first celebration of the Diamond Jubilee of a monarch's reign in English history. The second Diamond
Art · Monarchies · Mores · Paris
The only reliable image of a masquerade at the Louvre, made at the wish of Louis XIV
People had danced in masks as early as the Renaissance, but the first masked ball as we know it appeared only at the court of the young Louis XIV, and it was held in the Louvre. The people in the centre of the hall hold hands and perform the old
NB! · Art · Humour
A View of the Acropolis
A View of the Acropolis. Caricature by Boris Efimov, 1962
Architecture · Geography · Heritage · Rome
Under Mussolini, Rome's Metro Line B was built a few metres from the Colosseum
In the 1940s the Rome Metro was laid in close proximity to historic monuments. Line B passes a few metres from the Colosseum. Did anyone worry about possible damage to the ancient buildings? Mussolini, at any rate, was untroubled: he proclaimed a policy of the most direct route, that is,
Art · Society
Daniele Accossato's 2015 Work “Stolen Cupid” Shows Packed and Crated Works of Art
The Stolen Cupid, 2015. By the contemporary Italian artist Daniele Accossato. Accossato reimagines the fate of classical works of art, portraying them stolen, wrapped up, deprived of liberty and ready for dispatch. It is an allegory of the workings of the modern art world, which commercialises works of art and
Archive · Faith · Rome
Consistory of Pius XII on 18 February 1946: a colour photograph of the ceremony appointing 32 new cardinals
An extremely rare colour photograph of the papal consistory of 18 February 1946. A cardinal kisses the slipper of Pope Pius XII as a token of obedience and devotion to the Pontiff. The rite precedes the bestowal of the cardinal's red galero hat. On that day 32 new
Art · Museums · Observations
Washington statue, Napoleon portrait and Hermitage Jupiter modelled on Phidias's Zeus
George Washington and Napoleon in the Guise of Zeus-Jupiter. The magnificent marble Washington was commissioned by Congress in 1832 to mark the centenary of the first president's birth. The sculpture is the work of Horatio Greenough. Today the statue, 3.5 metres high, is displayed in the
NB! · Museums · Heritage