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Illustration “The Hypochondriac” by Richard Dagley, created in 1827
The Hypochondriac. Does anyone recognise themselves? Illustration by Richard Dagley, 1827
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One of Paul Ramsey's best-known works expresses exactly how I see people who can, at the drop of a hat, hold forth on your star sign, your natal chart, your ascendant and all the rest of it
Art · Moscow · Museums · Heritage
Just the other day one of the best-known works of Russian art, Ilya Repin's painting "Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan on 16 November 1581", was returned to the Tretyakov Gallery after a large-scale restoration that lasted three years
Just the other day one of the best-known works of Russian art, Ilya Repin's painting "Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan on 16 November 1581", was returned to the Tretyakov Gallery after a large-scale restoration that lasted three years. I think everyone remembers
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One of the greatest sculptures of the Rococo era: the Veiled Christ by Giuseppe Sanmartino, 1753
One of the greatest sculptures of the Rococo era: the Veiled Christ by Giuseppe Sanmartino, 1753. The sculpture can be seen in the Sansevero Chapel in Naples
Art · Humour
Don't Relax, Girls, It's Only Tuesday
A work by Alexey Kondakov
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Scottish figure of a lion made entirely of shells, early 18th century
A lion made of mollusc shells, the work of Scottish craftsmen of the early eighteenth century. Quite possibly the only form in which seashells deserve to be brought home from a seaside holiday
Art · Madrid · Museums · Paris
Leonardo's Mona Lisa in the Louvre and a pupil's version in the Prado
Leonardo's Mona Lisa and the Mona Lisa of one of his pupils, probably Francesco Melzi (1493-1573) or Gian Giacomo Caprotti da Oreno, known by the nickname Salaì (1480-1524). Both paintings were executed at roughly the same time. The first, by da Vinci, hangs in the Louvre.
Art · Books · Observations
Outdated Russian transcription of Bosch, Leonardo and Vermeer in a 1930 book
If you ever fancy reading a hundred-year-old book on art at your leisure, be prepared to fail to recognise half the names you meet, or at the very least to be surprised. Gieronimus Bos instead of Bosch, Lionardo spelt with an I, Yan fan Eyk, Van-Dyck with
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Raphael RIP 🕯🥀
Archaeology · Art · Museums · Heritage
After the decline of the ancient world, countless masterpieces of art lost their value in the eyes of men
After the decline of the ancient world, countless masterpieces of art lost their value in the eyes of men. Marble sculptures were smashed so that their bases could be used in the foundations of outhouses, and magnificently wrought bronze statues were melted down for scrap. By the fifth and sixth
NB! · Art · Monarchies · Observations · Humour
For the Queen's Platinum Jubilee, the Canadian artist Rosemarie Pelokenn has made busts of Elizabeth II and Prince Charles... out of wool
For the Queen's Platinum Jubilee, the Canadian artist Rosemarie Pelokenn has made busts of Elizabeth II and Prince Charles... out of wool. And while the hairdos come off quite well in this medium, the faces seem to prove the reptilian origins of the House of Windsor
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