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The Barberini ivory is a Byzantine ivory leaf from an imperial diptych dating from Late Antiquity, now in the Louvre in Paris. It represents the emperor as triumphant victor. It represents the emperor as triumphant victor.
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The Museum Barberini is an art museum in Potsdam opened in 2017. Its exhibitions range from the so-called Old Masters to contemporary art, with an emphasis on impressionist painting. Centered around works from the collection of its founder and patron Hasso Plattner , the Barberini presents three temporary exhibitions per year, featuring loans ...
Thanks to more than 150 artworks from their 4,000-piece collection, the Baroque institution has never looked fresher.
But there are exceptions: In 2014, the Academy sued Joseph Tutalo, whose late uncle, art director Joseph Wright, won an Oscar for 1942's "My Gal Sal." Tutalo consigned the statue to an auction house.
Orrefors glassworks was founded in 1898 on the site of an older iron works. Up until 1913, the company produced mainly window glass and bottles. When Consul Johan Ekman bought the factory in 1913, Orrefors started to produce drinking glasses, vases and other house-ware items.
Each factory became known by a letter (e.g. Factory A of United States Glass Company). [119] Hobbs Glass Company became Factory H, and more key talent immediately left the company, including Kopp. [120] The United States was in an economic recession at the time of the formation of the glass trust. [118]
A stained-glass Tiffany window originally designed for an Ohio church has sold for $12.48 million at auction.. The Danner Memorial Window fetched more than $5 million over the upper limit of its ...