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Charming painted decoration in the summerhouse at Grimsthorpe Castle in Lincolnshire. Especially the cat, peering down like a deity from the summit of the ceiling. Such paintings were to be found in many wealthy houses of the 19th century and earlier. In Moscow they survive in the Stanislavsky house, and
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A very interesting auction find. Estimated at 300 euros, this painting went for 13,000, unexpectedly bringing the sale to a close on such a triumphant note. It recalls Van Dyck and Pieter Thijs. When I see sales like this, I am glad that I am not the only such
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Catherine II visits Potemkin at his house by night. The Empress is dressed as a lady of the court, Potemkin as a monk. Flemish engraver Lambertus Antonius Claessens, after a drawing by Jacques Kuyper, 1800
Art · Mores
The Pre-Raphaelite Leighton (1852-1922) was so struck by the canvas of the Russian painter Vasily Pukirev (1832-1890) that he recreated its subject in his own picture, even giving the main characters a portrait likeness to the original
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Nine kilometres of cord went into the appliqué beard of Chernomor in Anton Oconeshnikov's production of Ruslan and Lyudmila at the Alexandrinsky Theatre. Premiere on 20 May, hurry to see it
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The Imperial Wedding Crown of silver, crimson velvet and diamonds: a small piece, 14.5 cm high and 10 cm in diameter, worn as a female crown at the weddings of members of the House of Romanov from 1884 to 1908. Until 1884, an individual crown made from stones of
NB! · Art · Moscow · Museums · Pop Culture
Sketches and drawings by Vyacheslav Zaitsev. The exhibition “House of Models. Industry of Images” at the Museum of Moscow
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A pepelats, as is well known, is very rarely adapted for horizontal travel across the surface of a planet. Before us is a classic model of the civilian cylindrical pepelats, built by the welders of the Uralkhimmash plant. The art object stands on the plant's grounds and serves
Art · Museums
American art from its founding figure, John Smibert, with his 1739 portrait of Benjamin Colman, to the Native American artist and curator Jaune, quick glance, Smith with his 1998 mixed-media painting "I See Red: Target Dances". Such is the evolution. New Britain Museum of American Art, Connecticut
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Frank A. Nankivell's illustration, with its voice from the past, urged the Russian autocrat to heed the entreaties of his subjects, that he might avoid the guillotine already visible on the horizon. He did not heed them