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Today's Birthday Boy: Valentin Serov
Today's birthday boy is Valentin Serov. Here is his lithograph "The Coronation of Nicholas II" from the "Coronation Album"
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The Tomb of Henry VII and Elizabeth, Who Was the Daughter, Mother, Sister, Niece and Wife of Kings of England and Is the Ancestor of All English and Scottish Monarchs since the Sixteenth Century
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A Nun of Diminished Social Responsibility Captured in Two Paintings, "Nun on Her Knees", by the Eighteenth-Century Austrian Court Painter Martin van Meytens
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Which of the squirrels from the stained-glass window of the Renaissance château of Azay-le-Rideau are you today? anonymous poll
The Insatiable one, with two nuts – 77 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 55% The Nimble one, with one nut – 64 👍👍👍👍👍👍 45% 👥 141 people voted so far.
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The interiors of the château bear the initials of the owner couple and the emblems of Francis I and his wife
The interiors of the château bear the initials of the owner couple and the emblems of Francis I and his wife. I cannot believe that a mistress so witty and attentive to detail would not have endowed the greedy squirrels at the martyr's feet with some special meaning
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A stained-glass window at the Château d'Azay-le-Rideau, built by Gilles Berthelot, treasurer to Francis I, or rather by his wife Philippa
A stained-glass window at the Château d'Azay-le-Rideau, built by Gilles Berthelot, treasurer to Francis I, or rather by his wife Philippa. Look at the spiteful squirrels below: it looks like a dig at King Francis and Queen Claude
NB! · Architecture · Art · Museums · Saint Petersburg
The walls of the White Dining Room in the Grand Palace at Peterhof are decorated only with bas-reliefs of mythological subjects: no paintings, no bronze
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Medal for the wedding of Anne of Brittany and Louis XII, 8 January 1499
Medal for the wedding of Anne of Brittany and Louis XII, 8 January 1499. This was the third marriage of the Duchess of Brittany and the second of the 37-year-old king. They lived together for 15 years, and she bore 5 children, of whom 2 survived.
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Jean Tassel, The Adoration of the Magi
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A Sculptural Group at the Château de Fontainebleau Devoted to Saint Sylvester
A sculptural group at the Château de Fontainebleau devoted to Saint Sylvester. The pontiff is also venerated in the Orthodox Church, with his feast day on 2 January. He is regarded as the patron of domestic fowl, chickens in particular
NB! · Archaeology · Art · Museums · Paris · People
4 January: the birth of Vivant Denon, artist, Egyptologist, collector and first director of the Louvre
4 January: the birth of Vivant Denon, artist, Egyptologist, collector and first director of the Louvre. He accompanied Napoleon on the Egyptian campaign and, in his spare time, cultivated the friendship of Catherine the Great and Madame de Pompadour
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