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How Versailles Brought the Fountain of Apollo Back to Its Former Glory
After nearly a century of inattention, the Fountain of Apollo at Versailles was completely restored using 17th-century ...
literaryreview14d
Art & 19th Century & Victorians
The Soviet Union might seem the last place that the art duo Gilbert & George would achieve success. Yet as the communist regime collapsed, that’s precisely what happened. @StephenSmithWDS wonders how ...
The Independent20d
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 Post20d
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 ...
Associated Press21d
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 ...
LBC21d
Stolen 16th-century Italian painting surfaces in Norfolk - but owner refuses to give it back to museum
A 16th-century painting which was stolen from a museum in Italy 50 years ago has surfaced in Norfolk - but the owner is refusing to return it. The Madonna and Child painting by Antonio Solario was ...
Yahoo News UK22d
Queer theatre in the 19th century was a place of codes, cross-dressing and blackmail
Although the theatre has long been seen as an accepting place for LGBTQ+ people, in the 19th century, examples of queer lives from the stage profession are difficult to find. I’m a theatre historian ...
Toronto Sun22d
Painting stolen from Italian museum found in England, but new owner wants to keep it
LONDON — 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 England and a small Italian museum.
The Scotsman24d
17th Century Edinburgh tavern revives with the help of classic stiff drink, the Cauld Cock and Feather
A 17th Century Edinburgh tavern is being revived - with a little help of its signature drink of old, the Cauld Cock and Feather. John’s Coffee Shop and Tavern, founded in Parliament Close in ...
WCVB Channel 5 Boston25d
These 19th century activities are making a comeback in Mass.
THE FACT THAT IT WAS A MORE AFFORDABLE FORMAT, IT BROUGHT PHOTOGRAPHY ART MORE INTO THE PUBLIC REALM AND PUSHED IT FORWARD INTO THE 20TH CENTURY. DAVE CARAMELLO AND MAUREEN FEELEY ARE PARTNERS IN ...
The New York Times26d
A Peeling 17th-Century Palazzo and the Man Who Was ‘Crazy Enough’ to Buy It
The central hall of Raffaele Fabrizio’s 17th-century palazzo in Valmorea ... there’s a traditional Rizzata Lombarda river-stone floor, an arch supported by stone columns with Tuscan capitals ...
Yahoo News UK26d
Researchers think they’ve unearthed the only portrait of England’s ‘nine-day queen’
A portrait, believed to be the only painting of Lady Jane Grey from her lifetime, will be displayed alongside six new historic pictures from Friday. New research from English Heritage and the ...