Shayan Barjesteh van Waalwijk van Doorn
@theiconographer
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I propagandise for a new artistic renaissance in the West. 🇪🇺 Playwright • Art Historian • Dissident @TheCourtauld alum
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I did not expect this... my play THE INCELS won the competition! 🏆
There clearly is a craving for radical new theatre. 🔥
Thank you to
@thebasecreates
and their fantastic actors, my excellent rivals & everyone who came. ❤️
I will post an
acceptance speech soon...
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On 4 April this "Roman silver amulet of a grotesque face ( 1-2 century A.D.)" is being auctioned, est. £2,000-3,000.
It supposedly comes from an "Esteemed European Collection".
My God, they didn't even try to hide it. You can even see the kippah.
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Yesterday the Church of St Cornelius & St Cyprian in La Baconnière (northwest France) was demolished.
It dated back to the 12th century (rebuilt in the 19th), with a bell from 1584 & stained glass windows by Auguste Alleaume.
It will be replaced by a "symbolic gathering place".
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If you have children, motivate them to read the Greco-Roman myths & pre-WWII books about the history of Europe.
These were the first things I read as a boy, and they completely immunised me against all subsequent ideologies.
Should be
#1
priority in any kid's education.
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@Spinazieacademi
Too costly to maintain. However, it was the only interesting building in the entire commune. It's like ripping the heart out of a community.
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I'll be covering the destruction of Europe's heritage on my YouTube channel. Subscribe and help me bring attention to these crimes against our culture. ❤️
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EXCLUSIVE ART NEWS
Two days ago this portrait of Margaret of Austria (1480-1530) by Bernard van Orley was auctioned for £45,600 by
@Sothebys
I can now reveal the buyer is Museum Hof van Busleyden in Belgium.
Margaret was governor of the Habsburg Netherlands. Great acquisition!
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@Klaus_Arminius
This is the saddest thing I have watched all year. I feel really bad for that little girl and I hope she has a great future ahead of her.
Every child deserves to grow up with a father that can protect them and look after them.
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@Spinazieacademi
Hahaha no I suspect it won't be worth the detour.
I am always reminded of the Immerather Dom and what that beautiful church was replaced with. 🥲
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@ross66643289
I think that is a good attitude. It's worth seeking out a church where there are people your age or with a similar disposition to you. Last winter I attended mass at a local church in Prague and everyone had a great time socialising afterwards. 👍
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@Jordan_C_Adams
@RyanGirdusky
Yes. There are various news articles online which confirm this.
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Seeing one of my favourite artworks for the first time irl.
If you know which painting this is, leave a like. 😉
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I’m in Luxor, Upper Egypt.
Behind me stand the Colossi of Memnon.
In antiquity, Roman tourists would visit the northern statue at sunrise to hear it ‘sing’, which they believed brought good luck.
This whistling was due to a crack in the stone, caused by an earthquake in 27 BC.
It’s one of the three cities below. Do you know which one it is?
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Dutch Dark Nationalism
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A very rare engraved portrait of the Dutch humanist and theologian Erasmus (1466–1536) was auctioned yesterday.
An extremely learned man, he prepared important new editions of the New Testament which inspired Luther & Calvin.
Estimated at €400-600, it sold instead for €13000.
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Today this beautiful Graeco-Persian cylinder seal (4th century BC) was sold for €24,000.
Each of the 6 sides depicts a character from the Judgement of Paris - who has to choose the fairest goddess.
1. Paris
2. Hera w. sceptre
3. Athena w. owl
4. Aphrodite, the winner, w. apple
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If you care about the preservation of Western art & architecture, please do follow me on YouTube!
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If you take a picture with flash in a gallery a team of security guards immediately take you down, but smash a painting with a hammer and they don’t do shit.
Just Stop Oil protestors have smashed the glass on the Rokeby Venus in the National Gallery.
"Women did not get the vote by voting," they say.
A century ago, the painting was slashed by a suffragette.
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The more time you spend abroad, the more you realise that Europe needs to be protected at all costs.
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Today this unidentified portrait was put up for auction for €700.
It is in fact a lost portrait of "Lord Strange" (the 5th Earl of Derby), early patron of Marlowe and Shakespeare!
The painter is likely Marcus Gheeraerts, see later copy right.
This is a significant discovery.
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'Evening twilight. On Goethe's Faust'
Painted in 1837 by Goethe's friend Carl G. Carus (1789– 1869). In Dresden he learned to paint from Caspar David Friedrich & saw the premiere of Faust, which left a deep impression on him.
Est: €100,000 - 140,000
I hope a museum buys this!
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This "Italian/ French, 17th-century mirror" (85 x 51 cm) is of course something quite different.
It is the frame of a renaissance altarpiece, made ca. 1540 in Brabant/ Mechelen. Designs and figures in cast gesso, painted and gilded.
Starting price: €25, sold for: € 3.505 hp.
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An imposing banquet hall has been uncovered in Pompeii.
Its black walls decorated with mythological subjects from the Trojan War. Dominant themes are heroism and fate.
The frescos: Apollo trying to seduce the priestess Cassandra, and another one of her warning Paris and Helen.
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Congratulations to the buyer of this beautiful late 16th-century portrait! You outbid me.
Catalogued as "English school: portrait of a nobleman". But I have uncovered the identity of the sitter and the artist.
Feel free to reach out. I'm happy to share my research with you.
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My sixth great-grandfather Prince Anoushirvan Khan Qajar (d.1866) on horseback.
For a Persian aristocrat’s education to be considered complete, he had to be a competent horseman.
This is how Polo came about. This game was especially popular in the Sasanian Empire (224–651).
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Monschau is about an hour’s drive from where I live but it feels like being transported back in time…
The town, with its half-timbered houses and narrow streets, has remained nearly unchanged for 300 years.
It’s dotted with churches, chapels & shrines, and cars are banned! ❤️
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Ressentiment at its finest.
This guy is basically an Iranian Dalit/ untouchable, and he wants millions of normal Iranians to die because he feels no cultural or ethnic bond with them.
He's worse than a paid shill. He revels in the destruction of the nation that birthed him.
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This Adoration of the Magi ("Antwerp School, 16th century") was estimated at £10,000-15,000.
Today it was auctioned for £264,600!
Clearly some people believe it is a genuine work by master painter Pieter Coecke van Aelst (1502-1550). However, is the quality there?
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Me walking around the prestigious art fair
#Tefaf
reciting poems from
@Columba_1
’s new book.
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In 1931 the Granvelle Palace in Brussels, a pinnacle of High Renaissance architecture, was demolished and replaced with a shopping mall. For no good reason.
One of the unforgivable crimes against architecture.
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Following my post about the demolition of the church in La Baconnière, Twitter has restricted me from liking, retweeting or following anyone for 3 days.
The destruction of our heritage will not go unnoticed. I will be back.
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A truly wonderful portrait of Prince Alessandro Farnese (1545-1592), later Duke of Parma. He would recapture more than 30 Dutch towns on behalf of Catholic Spain.
Attr. to Sofonisba Anguissola (c.1532-1625).
You can go and see it at the National Gallery of Ireland!
@NGIreland
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This girl has been in the news since 2017.
She is suicidal and has Asperger's, but is being glorified as a role model, even though euthanasia has been legal in Holland for more than 20 years.
Why is she constantly being promoted by the media?
28-year-old Dutch woman decides to be euthanized due to crippling depression
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Post the oldest photograph of a direct ancestor.
Daguerreotype of gentleman farmer Aart Berkouwer (1822-1905), taken in 1848.
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Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio (1466/7-1516)
Portrait of a Boy as St Sebastian
Pushkin Museum, Moscow
I love the laurel wreath & the fine accentuations of the blond curls. The arrow in the youth's hand is not only an attribute of St Sebastian, but also indicates misfortune in love.
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Venetian School, 17th Century
Study of a bearded man
oil on paper, laid down on canvas
40.2 x 34.3cm
Est. £7 - 10,000, but was sold for £50,700 instead!
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On bus 24 in Central London. Three German girls were being attacked by a black gentleman who was suffering from a psychosis. They asked him to please keep his distance, which he didn’t.
I blocked his way by standing in between them. As they left the bus, he began to push me and
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A few words on my childhood, because some people have been asking me about this.
I grew up in a household where aristocratic Victorian etiquette, decorum and language were still very much in use and valued.
What does this mean in practice?
Spartan cold showers early in the
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Thrilled to reveal that I am a FINALIST! 🏆
And I have some really HIGH-QUALITY rivals!
Please come watch my play be performed by professional actors in London on Thursday 12 September.
Book your tickets here:
🔥🔥🔥
We are delighted to announce the 6 finalists for The Agon.
Event time/date, venue and ticket details coming very soon.
A huge thank you to all entrants. Onwards!
#TheAgon
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Tonight my play "INCELS" is going to be performed by
@thebasecreates
.
Tickets have sold out.
Some of you will be there. This makes me very proud and happy. It will be an amazing experience. 🔥
7.30 pm. Vittoria Wharf Studio. London
See you there.
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"Portrait of an attorney or statesman"
Who's going to tell them? 😄
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Good morning moots, may today favour us ☀️
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This "Grand Tour" bronze bust of a Roman Emperor (Severus?) was valued at £400-600. Instead it auctioned for hp £13,000!
Allegedly dug up in a field in Colchester more than 20 years ago. The corrosion does not look dodgy.
Could it be an ancient Roman sculpture instead?
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Today on my birthday I would like to celebrate all my wonderful mutuals!
Especially those new to the inner circle:
@isaakkade
,
@fascistfemme
,
@KTonArt
, and
@ThomasCels
.
If you drop a comment I'll match you with a painting that I think matches your personality/ vibes/ freak. 🔥
I've been a bit quiet on here recently, but I'm returning because I'm missing my X friends so much!
In the meantime, do follow:
@RembrandtsRoom
for thought-provoking art posts
@Columba_1
for avant-garde poesy
@nejafeja
if you need a London art guide
Read below for more people❤️
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Calling your 4 daughters "dishwasher" isn't based or funny, it's disgusting and low-class.
I want to have nothing to do with you.
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The 'Alexander Palace' (1908) is my favourite Fabergé egg.
Amid terrorist attempts, the Tsar wanted to surprise his wife with something beautiful on Easter Day 1885. She was so charmed that they made it a tradition.
Which Fabergé egg would you most like to own?
Happy Easter!
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Italian School (circa 1600)
Design for a vase with mermen and an acanthus leaf
Brown ink on paper, unframed, 28 x 17 cm
Annotated on passe-partout: 'Giulio Romano'
Est. €1,000-1,500
Auctioned yesterday for €32,000 hammer price!
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Keeping watch over the big ol’ house tonight.
Who wants to keep me company?
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One of "the leading auction houses of Europe" is selling this painting (left) as an authentic work by an anonymous 20th-century master.
It's of course an offensively rubbish copy after Jean Béraud's 'Leaving La Madeleine'.
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Big announcement!
I am starting an exciting new series of interviews that will be live streamed to twitter and YouTube.
You'll be able to call in and talk with my guests directly.
It will be a unique experience. Don't miss out! 🔥😃
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Dutch right-wing leader and intellectual Thierry Baudet has just been attacked with a beer bottle two days before the general election. Baudet was a pupil of the late Roger Scruton.
He has been rushed to the hospital. It is the second physical attack on him within a month.
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A steal!
This 17th-century painting of St John the Evangelist was made by Jan van Teylingen (1603-1655).
It hung in Towie Barclay Castle, having been acquired by folk-rock singer Marc Ellington and his wife.
It's signed and dated and measures 61 x 47 cm.
Sold for only £550!
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On Saturday this painting was sold for €280.000.
'Evening twilight. On Goethe's Faust'
Painted in 1837 by Goethe's friend Carl G. Carus (1789– 1869). In Dresden he learned to paint from Caspar David Friedrich & saw the premiere of Faust, which left a deep impression on him.
Est: €100,000 - 140,000
I hope a museum buys this!
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This looks like a Victorian table, doesn't it?
In fact, it's a plaster cast of a table that is almost 4 millennia old.
Wooden table, 17th century BC, found in Akrotiri.
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Beautiful midnight mass on Christmas eve.
St Mary's, Bourne Street
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I thought Arno Breker opposed degenerate art?
In 1974 Hitler's favourite sculptor befriended the Surrealist Salvador Dalí, with whom he collaborated to make 10 sculptures.
'Dali Vision-The Eye of Wisdom' will be auctioned on 11 April & could be yours for as little as €4,400.
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This neoclassical cabinet sold for €1.250.
Central decoration of Proserpina, queen of the underworld, carrying torches.
It would look very stylish against a red or green wall (think 19th-century Danish interiors).
Would you ever purchase something like this for your own home?
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Herbert James Draper (1863-1920)
The Lament for Icarus
Oil on canvas, 180x150 cm
Icarus' skin is tanned, because he approached the sun before he fell. The rays of the setting sun on distant cliffs emphasises the transience of time. Icarus melts away within the arms of a nymph.
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German School (circa 1600)
The defeat of Sennacherib
oil on copper, 26x36 cm
Est. €3,000-4,000
Auctioned for €36,000 hammer price!
This painting is said to have belonged to Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II (1552-1612) and Archduke Albert (1559-1621), a well-known patron of the
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Next Thursday I will be chatting to Prof Milner-Gulland about the pivotal medieval Russian artist Andrey Rublev.
It's a highly interesting book, so I suggest you read along, and see you next week!
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I've been a bit quiet on here recently, but I'm returning because I'm missing my X friends so much!
In the meantime, do follow:
@RembrandtsRoom
for thought-provoking art posts
@Columba_1
for avant-garde poesy
@nejafeja
if you need a London art guide
Read below for more people❤️
Very grateful to be surrounded by such dynamic, virile people!
- Follow
@MatthewTheStoat
for art (he makes a lot of it)
-
@Columba_1
for innovative poetry & literary analysis
-
@FerroEgo
for his artistic insights & Christmas ad streams
Read below for more people to follow.
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A portrait of a lady
Oil on copper, 20,5x16,5 cm
Annotated and dated 'AETA 25/A° 1626'
Est. €1,000 - €1,500
Hammer price €13,000!
It looks nice, but it's on copper and the brushwork is unusual. Who could the artist be?
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This baby (first pic), estimated at €3,000, got sold for €123,500!
Allegedly painted by Cornelis de Vos. Compare with this painting of his daughter Susanna (2nd pic) - is the quality really there?
Shouldn't it be attributed to a lesser artist like Van den Queborn (3rd pic)?
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Hello there!
What do my followers make of the restoration of Piero della Francesca’s Nativity (c. 1475) by the National Gallery?
Which one do you like better?
Before and after
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The news is reporting that a Dutchman has stabbed a German girl (4) in a supermarket. I immediately felt deeply ashamed.
However, the suspect turns out to be a recent Syrian immigrant.
What kind of ridiculous reporting is this?
Nederlander steekt zomaar meisje (4) neer in Duitse supermarkt: ‘We zijn verbijsterd’
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IRANIANS IN THE WEST
In this thread I'll post about people who are of (partial) Iranian descent.
Iranians are often confused with other ethnicities, or mix with the native population successfully, so that they are not recognised.
Maybe we'll be able to detect some patterns...
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@gunsnrosesgirl3
I keep seeing this video everywhere. It's great for views but he's absolutely butchering that painting.
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Someone I considered a close friend has been arrested.
Apparently she has smuggled art but also made forgeries and sold them on the art market.
I'm not sure whether I should reserve judgment or share more information with you.
One of my paintings is still at her home.😬
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Portrait of Philip the Good
Est. £4-6,000, sold today for £203,600!
The Duke of Burgundy (r. 1419-1467) was originally painted by Rogier van der Weyden c.1450. This is only a 17th-century copy.
Compare to the much better Dijon copy (2nd pic) and a drawing with his son Charles.
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World leaders then and now
UK 1924: Ramsay MacDonald
• illegitimate son of Scottish farm labourer, teacher, theorist, founder of Labour, anti-war, anti-Treaty of Versailles
UK 2024: Rishi Sunak
• Indian parents, PPE at Oxford, banker at Goldman Sachs, pro-Ukraine,pro-Israel
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This is going to be a very useful episode for people who want to get into art collecting....
See you on Friday!
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Beautiful day in Aachen, visiting the Dom, one of the oldest cathedrals in Europe, constructed by order of Charlemagne, who was buried there in 814.
Alas, Allied bombing destroyed the cloister, much of the 14th-century choir hall, the Neo-Gothic altar, and the Holiness Chapel.
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Evelyne points out that Rembrandt painted The Standard Bearer (a self-portrait) when he turned 30 - now look how that age is represented in ‘Stages of Man’s Life’ iconography!
1. 1540, Jörg Breu der Jüngere
2. c.1640, Dutch school
3. c.1650, Leiden
4. c.1650, Jan Baptist Muykens
Waarom legt nog steeds niemand een verband tussen het feit dat Rembrandt de
#Vaandeldrager
schilderde in 1636 toen hij 30 was geworden en je dan volgens de toen populaire ‘trap des ouderdoms’ zo werd voorgesteld?
@rijksmuseum
🤔
👉
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Happy Birthday to my dear father!
Thank you Leo for instilling in me a love for history, a passion for books and a deep sense of patriotism.
A man's journey is made much easier simply by having a good father. ❤️
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Portrait of a noblewoman by the mysterious "Master of the Countess of Warwick"
Est. £2-3,000
Sold for £10,000
A truly delightful little painting. Love the black slashed sleeves intended to reveal the expensive layers of fabric underneath.
Would you buy a painting like this?
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A major Dutch auction house sold this "lady in a 17th-century interior" for €330. Even that's far too much.
It's a very weak copy of the already questionable "circle of Rembrandt" (right) that was deaccessioned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2012.
Poor due diligence!
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I really like the continuity between the portrait and the floor.
But someone should have told the artist how the painting was going to be placed…
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Joost Oomen is een grote verfrissing. Wordt gewoon spontaan blij als ik hem hoor praten!
#deslimstemens
#oomen
#slimstemens
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@bid12345193691
Is it possible that you looked at last year's auction, in which this same object seemingly remained unsold?
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@DreyfusJames
Whenever I use the underground, which is daily, I always make a point of standing so that other people can sit down. I am a fit young man after all.
All of this is extremely petty.
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Collectors/museums went crazy to get this piece!
This 1710 mezzotint by John Faber the Elder shows American Indian Chief "King John" of the Wolf Clan, called King of Canajoharie ("Great Boiling Pot").
On the right his portrait by John Verelst.
Est: $2,000-3,000
Sold: $29,000
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@woetoconquered
@gunsnrosesgirl3
This is not the way to remove varnish. Unless you don't care about abrasion to the original paint underneath, and you just want to earn a quick buck. You work in small patches at a time to prevent unnecessary damage. He clearly thinks this painting is not very valuable/important.
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French School (16th century)
Portrait of a man in profile, possibly Henry II of France
Oil on panel, 29 x 22 cm
Est. £1,500-2,000
Hp £7,500
Earliest felling date: 1546, of Southern French origins, with a likely creation date of c. 1558.
A little naive, but a nice old painting?
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The First Viral Images - with Prof Stephanie Porras
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If you’re feeling lonely and lost this Christmas, feel free to send me a message and I’ll try to cheer you up.
I’ll even give you my phone number so that you can call me.
There are so many beautiful people who suffer in silence.
I love you all. ❤️
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It’s always a pleasure to go to bed with this view from my window.
Sleep well my friends. ❤️
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Once the ruling class ceases to be a symbol of ethical and aesthetic values, their fall is unstoppable.
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Today was National Silver Day in Holland. I did several interviews with (apprentice) silversmiths and the like. Really nice weather. What was your day like?
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The Dutch government has collapsed and Mark Rutte will finally leave politics after 13 years of being prime minister.
Who will his successor be? And what qualities should they have?
Let's look at the best (and most misunderstood) Dutch prime ministers of the past 200 years...
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Joseph Bloor (1789–1862): innkeeper, brewer, land speculator and founder of the Village of Yorkville (Toronto).
Probably the worst profile picture on the entirety of Wikipedia.
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Another treasure from folk-rock singer Marc Ellington's castle in Scotland!
This German panel shows Mary being coronated by God and Christ on a bank of cherubim and swirling clouds, a kneeling patron below.
Given its age (16th century) and size (89x85x14cm), a steal at £3,600!
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