A dark sculpted head seen from above, its hair carved in wavy locks. It rests on a pink and green marble base, with a shadow cast on the wall behind.

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Top view of the carved hair of a sculpted head on a marble stand

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Antinous's Magnificent Hairdo

Antinous's magnificent hairdo. A Renaissance bronze after an antique original. Archaeological Museum, Florence

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One Ostrich Power Is Not Such a Small Amount of Horsepower After All

Black-and-white portrait of an elderly man in a cap with a very long beard, in which a small black kitten sits.

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Frenchman Louis Coulon, with a beard 3.5 metres long, posed for postcards

The Frenchman Louis Coulon and his beard of three and a half metres, in which a cat could be hidden. And, very likely, a cow. The old gentleman grew his beard and made his living by being photographed for comic postcards

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Egor Koshelev's exhibition "Second Half" has opened at the Vladey space at 14 Neglinnaya

Egor Koshelev's exhibition "Second Half" has opened at the Vladey space at 14 Neglinnaya. A very interesting artist

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A Night in Venice, Konstantin Gorbatov

Grey and white painting in broad brushstrokes: a man in a striped T-shirt among other faces and hands. At top right, a round metal plate engraved with a winged angel.

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Detail of a monochrome painting: a male figure and a metal disc with an angel

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At the Sistema Gallery in Bobrov Lane, Yury Shabelnikov's exhibition "Unity

At the Sistema Gallery in Bobrov Lane, Yury Shabelnikov's exhibition "Unity. Harmony. Beauty. The Academy of the Past" has opened

Gilded throne with an oval red back bearing a Maltese cross, topped by a crown. A footstool and a tall gilded candlestick stand beside it against a blue wall.

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Gilded throne with a Maltese cross and eagle-shaped armrests

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Job and His Daughters, William Blake

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A Girl Resting by the Water

A girl resting by the water. The artist is Étienne Dinet, who fell in love with Algeria and its people and created a beautiful Algerian cycle. The painting is now on show at the Institut du monde arabe in Paris, in an exhibition that runs until June

NB! · Architecture · Art · Museums · Observations · Paris