Aristocracy - The Parnassian (Page 25)

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The marital history of General Yermolov and his so-called kebin wives, that is, temporary wives, in effect concubines drawn from the local population of the Caucasian territories occupied by the Russian army, deserves a tale of its own

The marital history of General Yermolov and his so-called kebin wives, that is, temporary wives, in effect concubines drawn from the local population of the Caucasian territories occupied by the Russian army, deserves a tale of its own. Yermolov's first-born was borne to him by a

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One of the eight parts of the famous series of tapestries of Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy

One of the eight parts of the famous series of tapestries of Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy. The tapestry was made in 1466 in the millefleurs technique, popular in the 15th and 16th centuries, that is, "a thousand flowers", which make up the main artistic body of

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Treating the Ancient Trees in the Park of the Griboyedov Estate of Khmelita

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Portrait of Pyotr Ivanovich Potemkin (1617-1700), who served under Alexey Mikhailovich, Feodor III, Ivan V and Peter I, by Godfrey Kneller, English painter at the court of three English kings: Charles II, William III and George I

Potemkin was, one might say, a diplomat by inheritance: his grandfather had been one of the envoys to Poland as early as 1584, while Pyotr Ivanovich himself served at various times on diplomatic missions in Spain, Italy, France, Holland, England and Denmark. Godfrey Kneller, a portraitist immensely popular with his

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The Colleoni family coat of arms is adorned with three pairs of testicles

The Colleoni family coat of arms is adorned with three pairs of testicles. The family is said to owe its emblem to one of its founders, Gisalberto Colleoni, who had a distinctive physiological peculiarity, a third testicle, which may have been the result of an orchitis he had suffered. Indeed,

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Now that is what I call a cult film: in the mysterious and faintly sinister, very 1930s mansion of Grey Gardens live, in secluded and extravagant style, Jackie Kennedy's cousin Edith Bouvier Beale (Little Edie) and her extraordinary mother Edith Ewing Bou

Now that is what I call a cult film: in the mysterious and faintly sinister, very 1930s mansion of Grey Gardens live, in secluded and extravagant style, Jackie Kennedy's cousin Edith Bouvier Beale (Little Edie) and her extraordinary mother Edith Ewing Bouvier (Big Edie). Two society lionesses, by

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Marina Amaral colourises a photograph of Franz Ferdinand taken a couple of minutes before his assassination on 28 June 1914

Marina Amaral has colourised a snap of Franz Ferdinand taken a couple of minutes before his assassination on 28 June 1914. The Archduke wears the pale blue tunic of a general of cavalry, black trousers with red stripes and a cap with green parrot feathers. His wife, the Most Serene

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Daughter, Élisabeth Charlotte de Bourbon-Orléans, Duchess of Lorraine, and mother, Elisabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate, Princess of Orléans

Daughter, Élisabeth Charlotte de Bourbon-Orléans, Duchess of Lorraine, and mother, Elisabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate, Princess of Orléans. Eighteenth century. An incredible likeness, an incredible authorial approach to the portrait. The portrait of Liselotte, as Her Highness the Princess of Orléans was known, was painted by Hyacinthe Rigaud. Her

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The Lely Venus: the famous copy of Praxiteles' Venus, made in the 1st-2nd centuries

The Lely Venus is a famous copy of Praxiteles' Venus, made in the 1st-2nd centuries. Rubens found the sculpture in the rich collection of the House of Gonzaga and showed it to the English king, Charles I, who fell in love with it and acquired it for his

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Van Dyck, Portrait of Henrietta Maria, Daughter of Henry IV of France and Sister of Louis XIII, with Sir Jeffrey Hudson

The 24-year-old queen is depicted in fashionable European dress, which the court ladies of England had begun to wear after her example. The orange tree in the background alludes to Henrietta Maria's ancestors, the Medici family; the crown with a heraldic lily to her left points

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The Christening of Prince Pavlos of Greece, 1967

The christening of Prince Pavlos of Greece, 1967. How beautiful the Queen Dowager Frederica is; one sees at once whom her daughters take after! Queen Anne-Marie of the Hellenes holds her month-old son Pavlos in her arms. Princess Sophia, who left Athens after her wedding to the Spanish

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Leafing through old newspapers, I came across a mention of Princess Theodora Romanov, widow of Prince Dmitri Romanovich, head of the House of Romanov and great-great-grandson of Nicholas I

Leafing through old newspapers, I came across a mention of Princess Theodora Romanov, widow of Prince Dmitri Romanovich, head of the House of Romanov and great-great-grandson of Nicholas I. A most attractive woman who looks wonderful for her 78 years, the Princess was born Dorrit Reventlow, of an