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Cosimo III de' Medici placed the Russian pensioner Ivan Nikitin in the academy of the painter Tommaso Redi
Cosimo III de' Medici placed the Russian pensioner Ivan Nikitin in the academy of the painter Tommaso Redi. It was here that Nikitin painted a portrait of Peter I, who had sent him to study; the picture is in the collection of the Uffizi
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The Coronation of Elizabeth II on 2 June 1953, 72 Years Ago
Archaeology · Faith · The East · Monarchies
The Roman Emperor Trajan as a pharaoh making offerings to the gods
Dendera, Egypt
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A Navigator to the Publications That Appeared on the Channel in May
A navigator to the publications that appeared on the channel in May. This month we restored vivid events of the past, discussed pressing problems, got to grips with terminology, and much else besides. Brigitte Bardot on fame, modern cinema and feminism 📌 Part 1 | Part 2 The menu of Leo XIV&
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My dear mama, on Tuesday there was a festival I shall never forget
My dear mama, on Tuesday there was a festival I shall never forget. We made our solemn entry into Paris. As for honours, we received all the honours that can be imagined, but it was not these that touched me most. What truly impressed me were the poor, who expressed
The East · Art · Monarchies · Observations · Humour
Emperor Alexander I and Empress Elizabeth Alexeievna, Drawn in Japan
The august pair were captured by an artist who most probably never saw them and had not the faintest notion of their appearance, so that the realism of the portraits rests solely on pale skin and fair hair. I do not know whether there exists a reality in which the
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The Only Monarch in History Whose Fate People Genuinely Fret Over
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The celebrated French antiques dealer and ardent admirer of Napoleon Pierre-Jean Chalençon has put around 100 items from his famous collection up for auction
The sale will take place on 25 June at Sotheby’s in Paris. Among the lots: Napoleon’s bicorne hat, made by his court hatter Poupard and presented by General Mouton. A campaign bed with a canopy. A ceremonial sword and sceptre used at Napoleon’s coronation in Notre-Dame
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Within ten days of her accession to the throne, Catherine II had invited Denis Diderot to come to Russia
Within ten days of her accession to the throne, Catherine II had invited Denis Diderot to come to Russia. She even proposed that he move the publication of the "Encyclopédie", which kept running into bans in France, to Riga or Saint Petersburg. But Diderot did not take up
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Interior of the house in Ajaccio, Corsica, where Napoleon was born
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Napoleon's Sabre Sold for $5.2 Million
The sabre was made in 1802 to Napoleon's order, after he had been proclaimed Consul for Life. The work was carried out by the master armourer Nicolas-Noël Boutet, who directed the state arms workshop at Versailles. The blade is decorated with images of Medusa, the Nemean Lion,