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Los Trueba llegan a los Van Dyck con su homenaje a las familias felices

Los Trueba llegan a los Van Dyck con su homenaje a las familias felices
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Catherine de Medici portrait returns to Horace Walpole s Strawberry Hill after almost 200 years

The portrait of Catherine de Medici with her children, made in the workshop of Francois Clouet, has returned to Horace Walpole s Strawberry Hill after being auction almost two centuries ago © Kilian O Sullivan One of Horace Walpole’s treasures has returned to Strawberry Hill, his fantasy miniature Medieval palace on the banks of the Thames in West London, almost two centuries after the writer and collector’s possessions were scattered in an auction so spectacular that charabanc excursions were organised from central London for bidders and the merely curious. The portrait of Catherine de Medici with four of her ten children, made in 1561 in the workshop of the French court painter Francois Clouet, is the only surviving contemporary image of one of the most powerful women in Europe. By the date of the painting she was effectively the monarch, as regent for her son Charles the boy king encircled by her arm after the death of her husband Henry II of France

Charles I disposed of this Van Dyck portrait when he signed the sitter s death warrant Now it is up for sale at Christie s

Portrait of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, by Anthony Van Dyck Courtesy of Christie s Having a portrait of someone whose execution you have ordered hanging on your wall might make one feel a little, well, uncomfortable. And so it seems was the case with Charles I and this arresting portrait of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (around 1639-40) by Anthony Van Dyck which is coming up for sale at Christie s Old Masters evening auction in London on 8 July, estimated at £3m to £5m. Strafford was a controversial and uncompromising character. Initially a parliamentarian, he was won over by Charles I and became one of his most powerful courtiers, acting as President of the Council of the North in 1628 and Lord-Deputy of Ireland in the 1630s before becoming chief advisor to the ill-fated king during his Personal Rule (without parliament) between 1639-41, just before the Civil War of 1642. But Strafford was unpopular with many and Charles was pressure

Aux origines du Louvre : les spoliations napoléoniennes et l aventure du musée universel

Aux origines du Louvre : les spoliations napoléoniennes et l aventure du musée universel
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Napoleon s 200-year-old handkerchief goes on sale to mark his death anniversary

Napoleon s 200-year-old handkerchief goes on sale to mark his death anniversary SECTIONS Last Updated: May 05, 2021, 11:46 AM IST Share Synopsis Napoleon was exiled to St Helena in 1815 after the British defeated him. He died there 6 yrs later. Reuters The objects include a small white silk bag enclosing the hair of HM Emperor Napoleon I as well as his personalised handkerchief and a cloth used in his autopsy. Related PARIS: How much would you pay for a 200-year-old second-hand handkerchief? How about a strip of blood-stained cotton used at an autopsy? Or some old hair? Well, such delights are on offer this Wednesday at the Osenat auction house in Fontainebleau near Paris to mark the 200th anniversary of the death of Napoleon Bonaparte.

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