NB! · Monarchies · Humour

Come on, lads, own up nicely: why did you take the crown off?

NB! · Architecture · Museums · Heritage · Paris

In the robbed Galerie d'Apollon, single, non-armoured glazing units in plain wooden frames have been installed

In the robbed Galerie d'Apollon, single, non-armoured glazing units in plain wooden frames have been installed. The maximum of protection is an "anti-vandal" film on the panes

NB! · Art · Pop Culture · Humour

Alarm: a statuette of 1925 is impersonating Renata Litvinova

Gold brooch shaped like a crowned eagle, with wings set with small rubies, a large red heart-shaped stone, a sceptre, an orb and a hanging pearl, displayed in a case.

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Jewelled brooch in the form of a crowned eagle with rubies and a pearl

A street under grey skies: on the left a dark stone wall with arches and a statue in a niche, people under umbrellas by a gate. On the right a cast-iron lamp, a crosswalk and arcaded buildin

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Overcast day on a Paris street beside a stone building with arches

NB! · Observations · Humour

What Is the Name of the Mental State That Makes People Think Others Will Change Their Minds if Shown Weighty Arguments Backed by Exhaustive Facts and Data?

NB! · Faith · Art · Humour

A Plump Evangelist Luke in a Coloured Engraving on Vellum by Cornelis van Merlen, Patron of Artists, Physicians and, Judging by Appearances, of Those Who Have Rather Overdone the Luncheons Between Manuscripts

Painting of a group of men in winter clothes standing at a long wooden table with a bottle, glasses, bread and fish, a green fence behind them.

NB! · Art

Painting “A Big Company” by Tatyana Nazarenko, 2013

A Large Party. Tatyana Nazarenko, 2013

Blurred black-and-white painting in a frame: two adults stand with clasped hands while a smiling boy sits on the grass in front of them, holding a dark object.

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Detail of a black-and-white painting: a boy seated on grass beside two adults

NB! · Aristocracy · Art · Mores · Humour

The Boudoir of the Marquise de Pompadour's Dog Has Seen a Great Deal in Its Time

NB! · Observations

It is sad to admit, but winter is coming

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