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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
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"But then…" Harry glanced over his shoulder at the tiny, mangled creature beneath the chair. "What is that, Professor?" "Something neither you nor I can help," replied Dumbledore
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Bilbo Baggins from The Lord of the Rings and Father Vito Cornelius from The Fifth Element are one and the same man: Sir Ian Holm (1931-2020)
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Peter II and Tsesarevna Elizabeth Out Hunting with Hounds, Valentin Serov, 1900
Peter II and Tsesarevna Elizabeth Out Hunting with Hounds, Valentin Serov, 1900. Tempera and gouache on paper mounted on board
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As They Say, Take It Away!
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US soldiers with Manet’s “In the Conservatory”, looted by the Nazis, in the Merkers mines in 1945
US Army soldiers in the Merkers mine vault with Édouard Manet's painting "In the Conservatory", looted by the Nazis. 25 April 1945
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.
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They Stand There Swapping Jokes, Delighted
They stand there swapping jokes, delighted. Recalling, no doubt, the secret memoirs of Edward VIII on his collaboration with the Third Reich and his plans to regain the throne with Hitler's help.
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"In the Air, Brenner Island", 1996 and "Island Roses", 1978
"In the Air, Brenner Island", 1996 and "Island Roses", 1978. The magic realism of the American artist Jamie Wyeth
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Embossed metal artwork on a blue ground in a gallery
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And There My Review of the Contemporary Art Fair Comes to an End
And there my review of the contemporary art fair comes to an end. In all the photographs for the society pages I shall appear with the KM20 bag; when the photographers offered to shoot me without the carrier bag, I replied: I am not ashamed of carrier bags.