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Moscow's Nineteenth-Century "Modern": A Residential House of the 1830s-1850s in Maly Kislovsky Lane

Moscow's nineteenth-century "modern": a residential house of the 1830s-1850s in Maly Kislovsky Lane. It is the only mansion in the city in the form of a tower, strongly reminiscent of Victorian building, and was turned into an apartment house at the start of the

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Salvator Mundi, Leonardo da Vinci, and Albrecht Dürer's Self-Portrait in a Fur-Trimmed Robe

Salvator Mundi, Leonardo da Vinci, and Albrecht Dürer's Self-Portrait in a Fur-Trimmed Robe. Remarkably, the paintings are dated 1490-1500 and 1500, and are almost the same size, 66*45 and 67*49. Not that one could mistake the one for the other, but the Saviour

Dark statue of the Madonna and Child in a conical golden mantle with embroidered roses, a white lace veil and a crown, flanked by ornate medallions on a dark background.

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Black Madonna and Child statue in golden vestment and crown

Corner of a yellow building with vertical white ribs and a sign reading Aviamotornaya Street 63. A pale arched volume stands beside it, a black fence in front.

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Building at 63 Aviamotornaya Street with a yellow facade and arched volume

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Well, then 🧐

A hand in a blue glove holds an old circuit breaker on a dark panel mounted on a board with remnants of green paint. Porch railings are visible at left.

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Old electrical switch on the wooden wall of a house

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I adore Dmitry Dmitrievich Belyaev

I adore Dmitry Dmitrievich Belyaev. And, by way of a footnote to the news from Russian science

Interior corner with an antique wall clock, a calendar and small framed photos on the wallpaper. A chest holds an abacus and books; an icon cabinet and a window stand beside it.

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Room with an antique wall clock, framed photographs and an abacus on a chest

A wall hung with framed black-and-white portraits and a landscape in a gilt frame. Below are a velvet armchair and sofa, a three-tier table, a display case and a curtain.

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Museum room with framed portraits and green velvet furniture

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It occurs to me that Marge Simpson's maiden name is Bouvier

Framed painting on a gray wall: a young woman in white with a head bandage sits in bed, hands pressed to her temples. A candle burns beside her and a crucifix lies on the blanket.

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Painting in a gilded frame: a young woman in white in bed with a candle and crucifix

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Grandma Tessie Prisbrey and Her Bottle Village: 16 Monumental Structures of Glass, Cement and Plastic Fished Out of the Rubbish

Grandma Tessie Prisbrey and her bottle village: 16 monumental structures of glass, cement and plastic fished out of the rubbish. Simi Valley, California, USA.