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Rutgers University returned the portrait of the Renaissance, selected by the Nazis

18.01.2011 USA, New Brunswick, New Jersey. On January 14, 2011, the Zimmerli Art Museum of Rutgers University transmitted a rare 16th-century painting to Simon Goodman, formerly Gutmann, grandson of Friedrich and Lucy Gutmann, victims of the Holocaust and former owners of the painting.

Masterpieces of the PRADO Museum on Google Earth

16.01.2011 With Google’s Masterpieces of the Prado Museum, you can see the finest details on selected paintings from the Prado Museum in Madrid.

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema’s painting “Finding Moses” sold for $ 35 million

06.11.2010 On November 5th, at Sotheby’s auction in New York, Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema’s Masterpiece “Finding Moses” (19th century) sold for $ 35,922,500. The figure has more than seven times exceeded the pre-sale estimate of $ 5 million.

Portrait of pregnant Jerry Hall sold at Sotheby’s auction for almost a million dollars

20.10.2010 At Sotheby’s auction on October 15 and 16, buyers were offered 14 items from Jerry Hall’s private collection. The American model and actress decided to sell art objects to finally part with her past - the years when she was the wife of the leader of the legendary The Rolling Stones, Mick Jagger.

The treasures of the Muslim world were sold at Sotheby’s auction for a record amount of £ 25,349,000

07.10.2010 London. On October 6 in the afternoon, the beginning of the Sotheby’s Islamic series of auctions took place, which struck with its significant amounts and a high estimate of lots - 25 349 000 pounds ($ 40 264 239).

The Vatican admitted that the painting "Martyrdom of St. Lawrence" does not belong to Caravaggio

03.08.2010 The Vatican’s chief historian published a report recently that a painting by Caravaggio was discovered in Rome. The head of the Vatican Museum, Antonio Paolucci, wrote on Monday, July 26, 2010, in the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano, that the work was discovered in the sacristy of the Jesuit church in Rome, but most likely this canvas is a copy from the original performed by one of the students of Caravaggio.

A thousandth birch bark letter was found in Veliky Novgorod

10.07.2010 The other day there was an event that can be considered one of the most memorable for lovers of Russian history. According to reliable sources, two more birch-bark letters were found at the Trinity excavation site in Veliky Novgorod. The first such find was recorded in the middle of the last century. Thus, the total number of birch bark letters found during archaeological excavations at the moment is a little a lot of 1001.

Picasso’s painting "Naked, Green Leaves and Bust" sold at Christie’s auction for $ 106.5 million

03.07.2010 Picasso’s painting “Naked, Green Leaves and Bust”, painted by him in 1932, was sold at Christies auction for $ 106.5 million, which amounted to a new, absolute, record for the price of an object of art ever sold at auction.

Vienna Leopold Museum will pay $ 19 million for Egon Schiele’s painting "Portrait of Wally"

20.06.2010 NY. The 12-year debate, which showed how difficult it is to prove that the Nazis stole art during the Second World War, ended on Tuesday. The parties agreed that the 1912 painting, entitled “Portrait of Wally,” will be returned to the Vienna Museum and will be on display with a note that it was stolen from a Jewish merchant by a fascist agent.

The painting "Madonna and Child" cannot be exported from the UK

03.06.2010 According to BBC News, one of the assistants to the Minister of Culture of England, Ed Vaizey (Edward Wasey), has banned the export of British paintings by the Spanish artist Bartolome Esteban Murillo called "Madonna and Child" from the UK.