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Painting by Sweerts, once attributed to Pacheco De Rosa, and the allegory of Smell
Youth in a Turban with a Bouquet of Flowers, Michael Sweerts, 1650s. The painting was originally attributed to another artist, the Italian Pacheco De Rosa, who lived at the same time as the Netherlander Sweerts. The subject of this picture may belong to the series of the five senses, twice
NB! · Art · Museums
Statuette of Venus (Greek or Roman, 1st millennium BC), carved from rock crystal after the model of the Hellenistic statue of the bathing Venus
Statuette of Venus (Greek or Roman, 1st millennium BC), carved from rock crystal after the model of the Hellenistic statue of the bathing Venus. Getty Collection
NB! · Art · Museums · Saint Petersburg
Eros Stringing His Bow
Eros stringing his bow. The Hermitage. Roman marble copy of the 2nd century AD after a Greek bronze original of the second half of the 4th century BC.
Museums · Observations · Education
Silver mug engraved "For the most marks in all subjects at the examination of 1840, 24th day of December, in Propoisk"
People certainly knew how to give presents and leave a good memory of themselves. 180 years have passed, and this high recognition of academic achievement is still impressive. *Propoisk was an ancient town in the territory of the Principality of Smolensk, now Slawharad in Belarus
Geography · Art · Monarchies · Museums
Allegory of the Volga from Meissen’s “Big Russian Order” for Catherine the Great
The figure of a majestic, serene river god reclining on a bed of boulders and waterweed is the allegory of the Volga from the exquisite "Great Russian Commission" of the Meissen manufactory. The heroically built old man leans upon an overturned vessel, from which turbulent waters pour forth,
Art · Museums
Henri Matisse, Blue Nude (Memory of Biskra), 1907
František Kupka, The Yellow Scale, 1907.
Archaeology · Art · Museums · Observations · Rome
The Roman marble figure of the 2nd–1st centuries BC, found in the Baths of Titus and showing a youth biting the hand of his companion, was at first known as the Cannibal
The Roman marble figure of the 2nd–1st centuries BC, found in the Baths of Titus and showing a youth biting the hand of his companion, was at first known as the Cannibal. One man bites another man: who can he be, if not a cannibal? But in 1760 the
Art · Museums · Paris · Rome
Paris, Rue Saint-Merri
Judith and Holofernes, Michelangelo da Caravaggio, collection of the Palazzo Barberini
Art · London · Museums
Madonna and Child, attributed to Antonello da Messina, 1460s
In the infant's hands is a pomegranate. The painting is usually called the Salting Madonna, after the man who bequeathed it to the National Gallery in London.
Archaeology · Geography · Museums · Science
Russia's oldest continuously used road found at Gnezdovo near Smolensk
The Historical Museum has announced the discovery of the oldest continuously used road in Russia. The thousand-year-old road lies in the Smolensk region, 12 kilometres from Smolensk, on the territory of the Gnezdovo archaeological complex, which is also home to the largest Viking Age burial mound cemetery in
Coming Up · Art · Moscow · Museums
Tretyakov Gallery opens a small exhibition of Alexander Ivanov's graphic works
A chamber display of Alexander Ivanov's drawings has opened in the main building of the Tretyakov Gallery, which holds the greater part of his legacy. The gallery's collection includes more than 700 separate sheets by Ivanov and 40 albums. The exhibition is in the room next