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Jesus Ministered to by Angels
James Tissot, 1894 Angels came and ministered unto him. Gospel of Matthew 4:11
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Hygieia, Goddess of Health, Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640), c. 1615, collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts
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A magnificent five-string lyre harp in walnut, richly carved and surmounted by a dragon, part of a decorative suite of the early nineteenth century
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Churchill, Stalin and Roosevelt lead the vanquished Hitler, with snakes growing from his shoulders, in the wake of Kaveh, the mythical blacksmith who rose against the tyrant Zahhak
Churchill, Stalin and Roosevelt lead the vanquished Hitler, with snakes growing from his shoulders, in the wake of Kaveh, the mythical blacksmith who rose against the tyrant Zahhak. Goebbels is tied to the horse's tail. During the Second World War, Iran saw a series of propaganda posters based
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Miron Lukyanov’s poster for the 9 May holiday, created in 1989
Happy Victory Day! Poster by Miron Lukyanov, “9 May is Victory Day!”, 1989
Art · Museums · Mores · Humour
A woman should be 70% devoted to the care of her knight and 30% beauty
That is precisely why, in the painting by Pierre-Auguste Vafflard in the museum at Évreux, the girl carries her beloved in her arms, and not the other way round. According to the painter's tedious version, the bridegroom has died, and the bride is kissing his weightless ghost.
NB! · Faith · Art · Observations · Rome
Cardinals in the Sistine Chapel compared with an Easter service in an old Russian church
An impressive spectacle of cardinals in the Sistine Chapel. Yet, if we speak of the aesthetic side of the matter, the Easter service in any ancient Russian church looks considerably more majestic
Archaeology · Art · Museums
In the Middle Ages the head of Vespasian was hollowed out from within and used as a basin for water, the drain being made by knocking a hole through the ear
From the collection of the National Archaeological Museum of Naples, Farnese collection
Art · Humour
The Master of Frankfurt portrayed himself with his wife in a self-portrait of 1496
The Landlady Did Not Lie After All: There Are No Cockroaches. Self-Portrait of the Master of Frankfurt with His Wife, 1496
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Getty Research Institute opens access to over 12 million records in updated Provenance Index
The Getty Research Institute has updated its Provenance Index (Getty Provenance Index). The new version offers open access to more than 12 million records drawn from archival inventories, auction catalogues and art dealers' account books, reaching back as far as the sixteenth century. The development of the project reflects
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Digest of posts on history, art and current topics, with a new podcast episode
Since action is sure and inaction false, pray accept the monthly digest of the main pieces published on the channel. 📌 Historical notes 📌 The sword for the harlots: how Joan of Arc restored order in a military camp. 📌 On the finer points of diplomatic etiquette under Ivan the Terrible. 📌 "Sunday:
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Ivan Andreyev's 1939 bust of Zhambyl Zhabayev at an exhibition in the New Tretyakov Gallery
Beloved Jambul. Bust of the Kazakh akyn Zhambyl Zhabayev, red sandstone, by the sculptor Ivan Andreyev, 1939. From the exhibition "The Road to the East. Russian Artists in Central Asia" at the New Tretyakov Gallery on Krymsky Val. Andreyev was a pupil of Iosif Chaikov and Alexander Matveyev,