Painting Hung in Family Home for 150 Years—Then They Discovered Its Value
The piece, titled Study of Reclining Lions, had been in the same family's possession for 150 years since the posthumous sale of the artist's studio in 1864. The work is set to go to auction where it ...
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This Painting of Lounging Lions Was Hanging in a Family’s Living Room. It Turned Out to Be an Original Delacroix
Titled "Study of Reclining Lions," the previously unknown work by the renowned French Romantic painter has been owned by a ...
Moringa to saffron: 5 ancient beauty secrets of the iconic Mughal queens
From the early 16th century to the 19th century, the Mughal Empire ruled large areas of the Indian subcontinent, which highly ...
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Critical minerals processing will be the equivalent of 19th-century oil refineries—at a Rockefeller moment
New processing hubs will be the equivalent of 19th-century oil refineries. Supply chain control: Just as Standard Oil dominated through pipelines, the companies that master logistics—raw ...
Wall Street Journal18d
‘The Artist of the Beautiful’: Hawthorne’s Tale of Creation and Conflict
How well these words connect to tales by the enduring 19th-century American author Nathaniel Hawthorne. One of those urges in Hawthorne’s fiction was to illuminate the difficulties of life for ...
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Norfolk woman refuses to hand over stolen 16th-century Italian painting
A 16th-century painting stolen more than 50 years ago has been found — and is now at the centre of a custody battle between a widow in Norfolk and a small Italian museum. “Madonna and Child ...
New York Post21d
Late baron’s ex-wife who owns 16th-century painting stolen 50 years ago refuses to return it — even though she ‘never really liked it’
She’s the artful dodger. The ex-wife of a late British baron refuses to hand over a 16th-century painting that was stolen from an Italian museum more than 50 years ago — even though she “nev ...
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A painting stolen from an Italian museum is found in England, but its new owner wants to keep it
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The 16th-century painting “Madonna and Child” by Italian painter Antonio Solari that was stolen more ...
Observer26d
Masculinity, Impressionism and the Third Republic: The Getty Center Unpacks Gustave Caillebotte’s World
“Gustave Caillebotte: Painting Men” at the Getty Center is ... Gustave Caillebotte, Man at His Bath, 1884; Oil on canvas, 57 x 45 in (144.8 x 114.3 cm), Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
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Painting with sand: The magic of 19th-century McGregor artist Andrew Clemens
more than a century after he had passed. An episode of PBS’s “Antiques Roadshow” featured a guest who brought in a bottle of sand art that displayed a re-creation of the signature of his great ...
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Record label boss plans to turn 19th century cottage that inspired Led Zeppelin into its own country as he declares independence from the UK
The owner of a remote Welsh cottage which inspired Led Zeppelin has declared independence from the UK, setting up his own country. Scott Roe, owner of Bron-Yr-Aur in Eryri, Snowdonia, wants to ...