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"Royal Danish Egg" ~ 1903 *This Egg is one of the 8 that disappeared but it is known by a description and drawings and other information in the collection of Fabergé expert Tatiana Fabergé. Tsar Nicolas Ii, Tsar Nicholas, Fabrege Eggs, Christian Ix, La Madone, Faberge Jewelry, Alexandra Feodorovna, Art Ancien, Miniature Portraits

Tsar Nicolas Ii

Faberge Jewelry

Alexandra Feodorovna

Miniature Portraits

"Royal Danish Egg" ~ 1903 *This Egg is one of the 8 that disappeared but it is known by a description and drawings and other information in the collection of Fabergé expert Tatiana Fabergé.

The Ecce Homo (Behold the Man) in the Sanctuary of Mercy church in Borja, Spain, is a fresco painted circa 1930 by the Spanish painter Elías García Martínez depicting Jesus crowned with thorns. Both the subject and style are typical of traditional Catholic art. While press accounts agree that the original painting was of little artistic importance, its fame derives from an attempt to restore the fresco by an untrained amateur in 2012. Paintings Of Christ, Jesus Painting, Homo, Bad Art, Archaeological Discoveries, Spanish Artists, Kirchen, Mind Blown, Fresco

Paintings Of Christ

Archaeological Discoveries

Spanish Artists

The Ecce Homo (Behold the Man) in the Sanctuary of Mercy church in Borja, Spain, is a fresco painted circa 1930 by the Spanish painter Elías García Martínez depicting Jesus crowned with thorns. Both the subject and style are typical of traditional Catholic art. While press accounts agree that the original painting was of little artistic importance, its fame derives from an attempt to restore the fresco by an untrained amateur in 2012.

Famous art theft: Jean-Baptiste Oudry's "Still Life with White Duck" (1753) was stolen from the 1992 Houghton Hall in Norfolk. Until today there is no trace to the thief or to the painting. Vanitas, History Images, Art History, Norfolk, Houghton Hall, Jean Baptiste, Oil Painting Reproductions, White Ducks, Lost Art

Oil Painting Reproductions

Famous art theft: Jean-Baptiste Oudry's "Still Life with White Duck" (1753) was stolen from the 1992 Houghton Hall in Norfolk. Until today there is no trace to the thief or to the painting.

Vincent van Gogh, Poppy Flowers, 1887 Stolen From the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam in 2002 Vincent Van Gogh, Van Gogh Museum, Art Van, Paul Gauguin, Flores Van Gogh, Monet, Van Gogh Flowers, Van Gogh Arte, Van Gogh Pinturas

Vincent Van Gogh

Van Gogh Museum

Flores Van Gogh

Van Gogh Flowers

Van Gogh Pinturas

Vincent van Gogh, Poppy Flowers, 1887 Stolen From the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam in 2002

Chez Tortoni by the French artist Édouard Manet. The painting hung in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum of Boston, Massachusetts, United States, prior to being stolen on March 18, 1990. To this day, the painting has not resurfaced. Georges Seurat, Renoir, Eduardo Manet, Gardner Museum, Boston Art, Boston Museums, Edgar Degas, Famous Art, Caravaggio

Chez Tortoni by the French artist Édouard Manet. The painting hung in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum of Boston, Massachusetts, United States, prior to being stolen on March 18, 1990. To this day, the painting has not resurfaced.

Peter Paul Rubens: The Annunciation, 1577 – 1640. Created sometime between 1577 and 1640, Rubens‘ masterful piece went missing in 1935, after it was sold to auctioneer Paul Graupe in Berlin. Peter Paul Rubens, Pedro Pablo Rubens, Rubens Paintings, Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Baroque Art, Christian Art, Religious Art, History Museum

Peter Paul Rubens

Pedro Pablo Rubens

Rubens Paintings

Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien

Peter Paul Rubens: The Annunciation, 1577 – 1640. Created sometime between 1577 and 1640, Rubens‘ masterful piece went missing in 1935, after it was sold to auctioneer Paul Graupe in Berlin.

Camille Pissarro, The Boulevard Montmartre, Twilight, 1897. Pissarro made many variations of this piece for different times of the day, afternoon, night etc. The twilight collection was marveled at by the Nazis who eventually stole the painting. It was later sold to a Swiss art dealer in 1941, which was the last time the painting was confirmed being seen. Mary Cassatt, Camille Pissarro Paintings, Henri Matisse, Luz Solar, Pierre Bonnard, Post Impressionism

Camille Pissarro Paintings

Post Impressionism

Camille Pissarro, The Boulevard Montmartre, Twilight, 1897. Pissarro made many variations of this piece for different times of the day, afternoon, night etc. The twilight collection was marveled at by the Nazis who eventually stole the painting. It was later sold to a Swiss art dealer in 1941, which was the last time the painting was confirmed being seen.

Danse Macabre: Art of St. Mary’s Church in Lübeck. Allied bombes were dropped on the St. Mary’s Church in Lübeck, destroying various Macabre paintings, this being one of the most iconic. Famous Art Pieces, Famous Artwork, Danse Macabre, Macabre Art, Dance Of Death, Gothic Horror, Memento Mori

Famous Art Pieces

Danse Macabre: Art of St. Mary’s Church in Lübeck. Allied bombes were dropped on the St. Mary’s Church in Lübeck, destroying various Macabre paintings, this being one of the most iconic.

Rembrandt van Rijn: An Angel with Titus’ Features. This piece was stolen by the Nazis in 1943 from a chateau on the French countryside. It was supposed taken to Paris to be set aside for Hitler’s museum, although was never seen again. Baroque Painting, Dutch Golden Age, Jewish Art, Old Master, Rembrandt, Second World, World War Two

Baroque Painting

Dutch Golden Age

Rembrandt van Rijn: An Angel with Titus’ Features. This piece was stolen by the Nazis in 1943 from a chateau on the French countryside. It was supposed taken to Paris to be set aside for Hitler’s museum, although was never seen again.

Raphael: Portrait of a Young Man, 1513–1514. Stolen from Krakow in 1939, Raphael’s painting was set to be placed in the Fuhrer museum, although it went missing by the end of the war. This painting is considered to be the most famous piece of art Poland lost in World War II. Johannes Vermeer, Renaissance Artists, Italian Renaissance, Renaissance Paintings, Art Ninja, Monument Men, Renaissance Portraits

Johannes Vermeer

Renaissance Artists

Italian Renaissance

Renaissance Paintings

Renaissance Portraits

Raphael: Portrait of a Young Man, 1513–1514. Stolen from Krakow in 1939, Raphael’s painting was set to be placed in the Fuhrer museum, although it went missing by the end of the war. This painting is considered to be the most famous piece of art Poland lost in World War II.

Rinaldo Carnielo (1853-1910) Tenax Vitae (19th cent) An exact copy, because the original was lost among others during the WW II Landsknecht, Cemetery Art, Art Graphique, Skull Art, Dark Art, Sculpting

Rinaldo Carnielo (1853-1910) Tenax Vitae (19th cent) An exact copy, because the original was lost among others during the WW II

Don Johnson

The Ghent Alterpiece. The Just Judges panel on the far left at the bottom is a copy. Stolen in 1934 Ghent Altarpiece, Renaissance Kunst, Renaissance Time, Culture Art, Culture Club, Most Famous Paintings

Ghent Altarpiece

Renaissance Kunst

Renaissance Time

Most Famous Paintings

The Ghent Alterpiece. The Just Judges panel on the far left at the bottom is a copy. Stolen in 1934

Leonardo da Vinci, Leda, 1506-8. Missing since the 18th century. Possibly destroyed by a prudish owner. Mona Lisa, Leonardo Da Vinci Biography, Claes Oldenburg, Hieronymus Bosch, Rene Magritte, Superhero Design

Leonardo Da Vinci Biography

Claes Oldenburg

Hieronymus Bosch

Superhero Design

Leonardo da Vinci, Leda, 1506-8. Missing since the 18th century. Possibly destroyed by a prudish owner.

Van Gogh's Congregation Leaving the Reformed Church in Nuene. Stolen in 2002 Art Museum, Desenhos Van Gogh, Van Gogh Paintings

Desenhos Van Gogh

Van Gogh Paintings

Van Gogh's Congregation Leaving the Reformed Church in Nuene. Stolen in 2002

Cézanne's View of Auvers-sur-Oise. Stolen in 2000 Paul Cezanne, Cezanne Art, Manet, Pierre Auguste Renoir, Claude Monet, Portraits

Pierre Auguste Renoir

Cézanne's View of Auvers-sur-Oise. Stolen in 2000

Picasso's Harlequin Head. Disappeared October 2012 Pablo Picasso, Art Picasso, Picasso Paintings, Picasso Images, Dora Maar, Francoise Gilot, Cubist Movement, Tela

Picasso Paintings

Francoise Gilot

Cubist Movement

Picasso's Harlequin Head. Disappeared October 2012

The Amber Room is a world-famous chamber decorated in amber panels backed with gold leaf and mirrors, located in the Catherine Palace of Tsarskoye Selo near Saint Petersburg. Either stripped or destroyed during WW2 Amber Room, Underground Bunker, Peter The Great, Greatest Mysteries, Secret Rooms, Imperial Russia, National Treasure, Cemetery

Underground Bunker

Peter The Great

Greatest Mysteries

Imperial Russia

National Treasure

The Amber Room is a world-famous chamber decorated in amber panels backed with gold leaf and mirrors, located in the Catherine Palace of Tsarskoye Selo near Saint Petersburg. Either stripped or destroyed during WW2

Diego Rivera’s “Man at the Crossroads” intentionally destroyed Diego Rivera Mural, Moleskine, Clemente Orozco, Mexican Paintings, Famous Mexican, Frida And Diego, Palace Of Fine Arts, Political Art

Diego Rivera Mural

Clemente Orozco

Mexican Paintings

Frida And Diego

Palace Of Fine Arts

Diego Rivera’s “Man at the Crossroads” intentionally destroyed

Leonardo da Vinci’s “Medusa Shield” missing Michelangelo, E Online, Italian Renaissance Art, Italian Art, Ancient Greece

Italian Renaissance Art

Leonardo da Vinci’s “Medusa Shield” missing

Antoine Watteau's "Spring": Lost, Found, then Destroyed Jean Antoine Watteau, Seasonal Image, Sculpture Painting, Art For Art Sake, French Art, Cool Words, Mythology

Jean Antoine Watteau

Sculpture Painting

Art For Art Sake

Antoine Watteau's "Spring": Lost, Found, then Destroyed

Sonny Heston

Vincent Van Gogh's "The Painter on His Way to Work": Destroyed by Fire Dutch Painters

Vincent Van Gogh's "The Painter on His Way to Work": Destroyed by Fire

Sonny Heston

John Banvard's Mississippi River Panorama: Cut into Pieces Large Canvas, Oil On Canvas, Down The River, Autumn Scenes, Magnum Opus, Beautiful Paintings

Beautiful Paintings

John Banvard's Mississippi River Panorama: Cut into Pieces

Sonny Heston

Michelangelo's "Leda and the Swan": Simply Disappeared Miguel Angel, Swan Pictures, The Royal Collection, Canvas Prints, Art Prints, British Museum, Erotic Art

The Royal Collection

Michelangelo's "Leda and the Swan": Simply Disappeared

Sonny Heston

Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints John the Baptist and Nicholas and Angels, by Lorenzo Monaco, 1402. Destroyed by fire in the Flakturm of Friedrichshain with 416 other works from the Kaiser Friedrich Museum, following the capture of Berlin, May 1945. Madonna And Child, John The Baptist, The Past, Museum, Artist, Artwork, Art Paintings, Ww2

Madonna And Child

John The Baptist

Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints John the Baptist and Nicholas and Angels, by Lorenzo Monaco, 1402. Destroyed by fire in the Flakturm of Friedrichshain with 416 other works from the Kaiser Friedrich Museum, following the capture of Berlin, May 1945.

St. James Led to His Execution, by Andrea Mantegna around 1455, destroyed on March 11, 1944, when the Allies bombed the Ovetari Chapel in Padua, Italy. Elements Of Art Space, Andrea Mantegna, St James The Greater, San Giacomo, United Church Of Christ, Web Gallery Of Art

Elements Of Art Space

Andrea Mantegna

St James The Greater

United Church Of Christ

Web Gallery Of Art

St. James Led to His Execution, by Andrea Mantegna around 1455, destroyed on March 11, 1944, when the Allies bombed the Ovetari Chapel in Padua, Italy.