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Three men gesture towards a snowy dale in Stoeșești-Tutova, Romania, not dated (1940s)

Personal collection.

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Unknown Japanese woman, anonymous photographer, 1885

Rijksmuseum

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Two men sitting on a sofa, with a carpet and array of sporting equipment hanging on the wall behind them. One enjoys a coffee and cigarette while the other reads a book/newspaper.

No information on reverse. Possibly taken in Romania or Hungary in the interwar period.

Personal collection – found in Bucharest, 21 April 2024.

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Portrait from behind of three unknown men wearing masks, unknown photographer, ca. 1872–1889

Rijksmuseum

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Christus. Kupfer, vergoldet. (Ende 11. Jahrh.). Minden, Dom. Phot. Walter Hege, Weimar. Christophorus-Verlag Herder K.G., Berlin / Freiburg.

Postcard showing a detail of Christ from the crucifix at Dom Minden (Minden Cathedral), Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Date uncertain, but after 1935.

Mailed to me by a friend in February 2024.

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Nicolae Tonitza (Romanian, 1886–1940)

Double self portrait, not dated (interwar period)

Muzeul Național Brukenthal

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Aat Veldhoen (Dutch, 1934–2018)

"Seated nude with her hand under her head", 1964

Rijksmuseum

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Francesco Michietti (Italian, 1851–1929)

Montage showing a woman and child with the sea in the background, 1882

Rijksmuseum

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Székely pair in front of a wooden gate, location and photographer unknown (Transylvania), 1940

Fortepan.hu / Ebner

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"Die wehrhafte Kirche von Perchtoldsdorf" ("The fortified church of Perchtoldsdorf")

Illustration by Max Frey

Egid Filek, Komm mit in den Wienerwald (Vienna: Wiener Verlag, 1949)

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A photograph of a rural classroom in Viștea, Brașov County, Romania, taken at some point in the early 1940s. Maybe a mixed-age boys' natural sciences class?

No further information on reverse. From my personal collection.

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Ștefan Dimitrescu (Romanian, 1886–1933)

Study for a larger portrait of novelist Ionel Teodoreanu (1897–1954), ca. 1931

Muzeul Național Brukenthal, Sibiu

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Panel from the Chapel of the Palazzo Carrarese depicting a seated group of ten crowned angels holding black globes and lily flabella

Guariento di Arpo (1310–1370), mid-14th century

Musei Civici di Padova

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上海玉佛寺中的玉佛 Нефритовая Будда в Храме Юйфу, Шанхай The Jade Buddha in Yufu Monastery, Shanghai Le Bouddha de Jade du Temple Yu-fou, Shanghai

Undated, uncirculated postcard. Probably early 1950s, based on circulated copies for sale online. Found in Bucharest and mailed to a friend, April 2024.

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A Romanian child's drawing of a Turk.

Published in N. N. Tonitza, "Desemnul — copii — și parinții", Universul Literar XLII, nr. 39 (26 September 1926)

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"Types Israëlites du Maroc."

Postcard from a larger series depicting Jews of Morocco, ca. 1919.

Wily Lindwer Collection/Kedem

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Naufragée du tendre // Kate & Anna McGarrigle