Art · Humour
Thetis: Achilles, Son, Put Some Clothes On!
Thetis: Achilles, son, put some clothes on! I've brought you Hephaestus' armour Achilles: Mum, they're all family here, why are you making a fuss? Medea: People, let me sleep!
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NB! · Art · Mores · Humour
Satirical print of 1773 and the hidden meaning of the phrase crack a pipkin
You broke my pitcher, so marry me. Social satire, 1773. In reality, of course, the pipkin here stands for the female genitals. To crack a pipkin meant to deflower. As you can see, the girl has a belly
NB! · Art · Pop Culture · Humour
Many people noticed the unsightly frame of the Salvator Mundi, sold not long ago for $450 million, and Ikea, never one to lose its head, offered to find a new frame for Leonardo's masterpiece for just $9.99
NB! · Aristocracy · Architecture · Art · Observations
Interior of the Bishop's Palace in Chartres, shown in the portrait of the Duke and Duchess of Angoulême
And here is the place where the Duke and Duchess of Angoulême are depicted in Étienne Garnier's portrait. Chartres, Bishop's Palace, 2017. Almost nothing has changed
NB! · Art · Monarchies · Mores
His Royal Highness George, Prince of Wales, Takes Boxing Lessons, 1786
His Royal Highness George, Prince of Wales, takes boxing lessons, 1786. Judging by the face, the future King George IV is standing in the middle; he is 26 here. The man with the wound on his face is the trainer, John Jackson
Aristocracy · Art · Observations
The Lansdowne Madonna of the Yarnwinder, a Copy of Leonardo da Vinci's Work, and Its History
Another copy of the Madonna of the Yarnwinder is known as the Lansdowne Madonna, after the English marquesses who owned the painting in the nineteenth century. It was listed among the possessions of the dowager Marchioness of Lansdowne. By the end of the century the work had left the family
NB! · Aristocracy · Art
It is said that if the Madonna of the Yarnwinder, owned by the Duke of Buccleuch, were ever put up for sale, its price could reach a billion pounds
It is said that if the Madonna of the Yarnwinder, owned by the Duke of Buccleuch, were ever put up for sale, its price could reach a billion pounds. It would then become the most expensive painting in history
Art · Heritage · New York · Society
Rybolovlev's Sale of Salvator Mundi and Other Leonardo Works in Private Hands
In 2014 it was reported that Dmitry Rybolovlev, the former owner of Uralkali, had sold his last major Russian asset, Voentorg. But, as it turned out three years later, the billionaire still had something worth having left in Russia. In 2017 he began selling off his famous collection of European
NB! · Art · New York · Pop Culture
Christie’s sells the highly controversially attributed “Salvator Mundi” by da Vinci for $450.3 million, four times what it was bought for
Christie’s sells the highly controversially attributed “Salvator Mundi” by da Vinci for $450.3 million, four times what it was bought for. The previous record was set by Picasso’s “Women of Algiers”, which went for $179 million
Art · Museums · Observations
Rembrandt from Tronchin's collection, bought for Scotland with the brewer McEwan's money
There is something in this: to have oneself recorded only with one's finest possessions, one's most cherished objects and in handsome attire. Had Tronchin not been so proud of his collection, and above all of its pearl, this canvas by Rembrandt would have had a different
NB! · Art · Museums · People · Saint Petersburg
The collector François Tronchin with the finest painting in his collection, Rembrandt's Woman in Bed
The collector François Tronchin with the finest painting in his collection, Rembrandt's Woman in Bed. A portrait by his friend Liotard. Most of Tronchin's collection was bought by Catherine II for the Hermitage
NB! · Almaty · The East · Art · Cinema · Observations · Ethnography
Remember how in "Kavkazskaya plennitsa" they called bride abduction a beautiful custom?
Remember how in "Kavkazskaya plennitsa" [Kidnapping, Caucasian Style] they called bride abduction a beautiful custom? I stand before Kasteev's 1937 painting "Bride Abduction" and cannot see what is beautiful here; it is simply dreadful!