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Detail of the Prado's copy of the Mona Lisa currently in conservation (Photo: © Museum Nacional del Prado). Mona Lisa Double Reveals New Discoveries
Telegraph - February 1st, 2012 17:37
A recent cleaning of a painting in Madrid's Prado has unveiled some of the mystery surrounding Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa (ca. 1503-06). Previously thought to be a later and inferior copy, the restored painting has been determined to be the earliest copy of da Vinci's masterpiece, and importantly, created by a key pupil at the same time as the original.

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John Singer Sargent (1856–1925) Portrait of Carolus-Duran, 1879.  Oil on canvas.  Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA 1955.14
On March 11, 2012, the Amon Carter Museum of American Art presents four masterworks by John Singer Sargent (1856–1925), the preeminent expatriate painter of the late 19th century. In ...
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This resplendent Viennese charger is inset with nine intricately engraved panels of rock crystal Beauty, Rarity, History...The M.S. Rau Antiques Blog
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From Myth to Masterpiece: Viennese Rock Crystal
Australian aborigines called it the "stone of light" and the Celts believed its prismatic properties linked it to the sun. Even the fortuneteller's rudimentary crystal ball was originally crafted ...

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Walton Ford: Nantes, 2009, Etching, aquatint and drypoint on paper, image: 39 3/4 x 29 7/8 inches. WORLD-CLASS CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS DONATE WORKS TO 2012 TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL ARTISTS AWARDS PROGRAM SPONSORED BY CHANEL
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Artists Peter Dayton, Walton Ford, Stephen Hannock, JR, Kim Keever, Clifford Ross, Nathan Sawaya, Cindy Sherman, Hugo Tillman, Kara Walker, and Stanley Whitney Will Exhibit and Donate Original Pieces to Winning Filmmakers at 11th Annual TFF. The 2012 Tribeca Film Festival (TFF), ...

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