museums

The Royal Gold Cup

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Walk into Room 40 in the British Museum via the staircase in the entrance lobby and the first thing that hits you is this wonderful […]

A Medieval Citole in the British Museum

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Up in Room 40 of the British Museum you will find one of the most stunning bits of medieval carving to survive – a citole […]

Gebelein Man – a 5,500 year old murder mystery

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One of the oldest pieces in the museum is not stone or porcelain or metal, but an actual human being – someone who walked around […]

The Lewis Chess Pieces in the British Museum

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One of the most famous of the early medieval exhibits from the museum is the Lewis chessmen. 93 separate pieces, in a variety of sizes, […]

Tang Grave Figures

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The Tang dynasty – 618AD to 907AD – was one of the golden ages of China. We’re often a bit unspecific about the dates of […]

Monet – The Gare St Lazare

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PREVIOUS: CONSTABLE – STRATFORD MILL Claude Monet: The Gare St Lazare: 1877 This picture is an urban Parisian scene rather than a rural view, but […]

Constable – Stratford Mill

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PREVIOUS: TURNER – THE FIGHTING TEMERAIRE John Constable: Stratford Mill: 1820 We think of Constable’s landscapes as classic images of the English countryside, almost ‘chocolate […]

Drouais – Madame de Pompadour at her tambour frame

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PREVIOUS: CARAVAGGIO – THE SUPPER AT EMMAUS Francois-Hubert Drouais: Madame de Pompadour at her Tambour Frame: 1763-4 This is Madame de Pompadour. Erstwhile mistress to […]

Van Dyck – Equestrian Portrait of Charles I

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PREVIOUS: VELAZQUEZ – PHILIP IV IN BROWN AND SILVER Anthony van Dyck: Equestrian Portrait of Charles I: 1637-8 The first thing that strikes you about this […]

Rembrandt – the Woman taken in Adultery

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PREVIOUS: TITIAN – BACCHUS AND ARIADNE Rembrandt: The Woman Taken in Adultery: 1644 This is a religious painting by the Dutch artist Rembrandt Harmenzoon van […]

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Tang Grave Figures

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Constable – Stratford Mill

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