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14 septembre 2019

Exhibition at the Hermitage Amsterdam presents brilliant pieces from the Winter Palace

Exhibition at the Hermitage Amsterdam presents brilliant pieces from the Winter Palace
AMSTERDAM .- From 14 September 2019 until 15 March 2020, tens of thousands of precious gems will sparkle at the Hermitage Amsterdam . From agate to zirconium, almost every type of precious stone will be on display. They were turned into the most exquisite...
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Tags: Augsburg,  Catherine the Great,  St Petersburg,  Frederick the Great,  Potsdam,  snuffbox,  Jérémie Pauzié,  hair pin,  Johan Baptist Lampi I,  Louis Caravaque,  Léonard Bordier,  Nikolaj Bogdanov-Belski,  Star of the Russian Order of Saint Andrew,  Jewel casket

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28 août 2017

Exhibition at the Kimbell Art Museum focuses on the life of Giacomo Casanova

Exhibition at the Kimbell Art Museum focuses on the life of Giacomo Casanova
Giacomo Casanova, by his brother Francisco Giuseppe Casanova, 1750-1755. FORT WORTH, TX .- Notorious today for his amorous pursuits, Giacomo Casanova (1725–98) was esteemed by his contemporaries as a charming conversationalist, expert on many topics,...
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Tags: console,  Canaletto,  Francesco Guardi,  Jean-Antoine Houdon,  Giovanni Battista Tiepolo,  Jean-Honoré Fragonard,  Catherine the Great,  Jean-Marc Nattier,  Jean-Etienne Liotard,  Giandomenico Tiepolo,  François-Thomas Germain,  Francois Boucher,  Capodimonte Manufactory,  Madame d

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17 avril 2016

The Orloff Service of Catherine the Great: A set of twelve Louis XV silver-gilt plates, Jacques-Nicolas Roettiers, Paris, 1770

The Orloff Service of Catherine the Great: A set of twelve Louis XV silver-gilt plates, Jacques-Nicolas Roettiers, Paris, 1770
Lot 167. The Orloff Service of Catherine the Great: A set of twelve Louis XV silver-gilt plates, Jacques-Nicolas Roettiers, Paris, 1770. Estimate 80,000 — 120,000 USD. Lot sold 90,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's the rims applied with running laurel with acanthus...
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Tags: Louis XV,  Paris,  1770,  Catherine the Great,  The Orloff Service of Catherine the Great,  Jacques-Nicolas Roettiers,  Orloff Service,  silver-gilt plate

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24 février 2015

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Announces Major Gift from Rothschild Heirs

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Announces Major Gift from Rothschild Heirs
BOSTON, MA —The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), is acquiring a collection of 186 objects originally owned by Baron and Baroness Alphonse and Clarice de Rothschild of Vienna—members of the celebrated Rothschild banking family. The gift includes European...
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Tags: art deco,  Catherine the Great,  Austrian,  George Romney,  Claude-Charles Saunier,  clip-brooch,  snuffbox,  Bettina Looram de Rothschild,  about 1937,  'Portrait of Emma Hart,  later Lady Hamilton',  about 1775,  Commode with corner cupboards,  about 1770-80,  commode à encoignures

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22 juin 2014

Rare Louis XV gold snuff box sells for over 150,000 at Bonhams Fine Silver and Gold Boxes sale

Rare Louis XV gold snuff box sells for over 150,000 at Bonhams Fine Silver and Gold Boxes sale
A Louis XV vari-coloured gold and enamelled snuff box by Jean-Joseph Barrière, Paris 1771, the rim stamped 724. Sold for £158,500 (€198,746). Photo Bonhams. LONDON.- A rare Louis XV vari-coloured gold and enameled snuff box was sold for £158,500 at Bonhams...
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Tags: Louis XV,  Paris,  Louis XVI,  silver,  1771,  Catherine the Great,  snuff box,  1779,  Henri Clavel,  Robert-Joseph Auguste,  soup-tureen cover and standn,  Jean-Joseph Barrière,  Count Brandolino Brandolini,  Cristina Agnelli,  Duke of Cadaval,  Louis-Joseph Lenhendrick

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7 mai 2014

Catherine the Great's silver dishes that survived melting down and revolution for sale at Bonhams

Catherine the Great's silver dishes that survived melting down and revolution for sale at Bonhams
Catherine the Great's silver vegetable dishes estimated at £30,000-50,000 for the pair. Photo: Bonhams. LONDON.- Two spectacular silver vegetable dishes from dinner services used by the 18th century Russian Empress, Catherine the Great, are to be sold...
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Tags: Catherine the Great,  silver vegetable dish,  Count Moïse Nissim de Camondo

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25 février 2014

Pendant. Reddish-pink tourmaline, gold, enamel. 18th century

Pendant. Reddish-pink tourmaline, gold, enamel. 18th century
Pendant. Reddish-pink tourmaline, gold, enamel. 18th century. This beautiful reddish-pink gem the size of a chicken egg and weighing 260,86 carats was brought from Holland to France and then to Bohemia. Then it found its way from Prague to Stockholm where...
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Tags: 18th century,  Catherine the Great,  King Gustav III,  Reddish-pink tourmaline

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13 juillet 2012

"Catherine the Great: an Enlightened Empress" @ National Museum of Scotland

"Catherine the Great: an Enlightened Empress" @ National Museum of Scotland
Portrait of Catherine II on her horse Brilliant, by Vigilius Eriksen, after 1762. Images © The State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg. EDINBURGH.- It is 250 years since the coup d’état which placed Catherine the Great on the throne of Russia. This summer,...
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Tags: Catherine the Great,  Catherine II,  Falconet,  National Museum of Scotland,  Vigilius Eriksen,  Georg Caspar Joseph von Prenner,  Johann Gottlieb Scharff

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18 juin 2012

Imperial Crown of Russia created for the coronation of Catherine the Great, Russian Crown Jewels.

Imperial Crown of Russia created for the coronation of Catherine the Great, Russian Crown Jewels.
Imperial Crown of Russia created for the coronation of Catherine the Great, Russian Crown Jewels.
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Tags: Catherine the Great,  Crown

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23 juillet 2010

'Wicked Portraits' by Mark Summers

'Wicked Portraits' by Mark Summers
Alexander the Great Hannival Julius Caesar Bismarck Atilla the Hun Henry VIII Leopold II Drake Genkis Khan Vlad Catherine the Great Robespierre George III Torquemada Napoleon Mary Tudor Rasputin Pizzarro Edward VII Cixi (source www.behance.net)
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Tags: Napoléon 1er,  Alexander the Great,  Catherine the Great,  George III,  Atilla the Hun,  Bismarck,  Genkis Khan,  Hannival,  Julius Caesar

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