Introducing the ambassadors of Norway to Estonia and of Poland to the Netherlands
Meet the ambassadors of Norway to Estonia and of Poland to the Netherlands. Life, Netflix style
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Madonna with Cherubim in Milan's Brera: from Bellini to Mantegna
"Madonna with Cherubim" was long considered the work of Giovanni Bellini, until in 1885, during restoration, features characteristic of his chief rival, and incidentally his relative, Andrea Mantegna, came to light. What misled viewers was a softness uncharacteristic of Mantegna. Despite the established title, the Madonna and Child
Pushkin Museum refused the Ludwig collection over the branch name
The silliest thing about this renaming is its poor timing. For when the Pushkin Museum was offered, as a gift, the greatest collection of contemporary art of the second half of the twentieth century, the collection of Peter Ludwig, the very reason for the refusal was the condition that the
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Voiture woke Count de Guiche at night to announce that he was married
The Comte de Guiche asked Vincent Voiture, a man renowned for his wit, whether it was true that he was married. Voiture gave no answer. But he came to the count after midnight, woke him and said: "I have come to tell you that I am married". De