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Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) - Matin, soleil d'automne à Éragny

Oil on canvas. Painted in 1900.

25.75 x 32.1 inches, 65.2 x 81.3 cm. Estimate: US$1,000,000-1,500,000.

To be sold Christie's, New York, 13 May 2025.

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Victoria Mortis, painting by Owe Zerge

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"Caesar's Ruby"

The pendant of Catherine the Great, (was the reigning empress of Russia  from 1762 to 1796)

The unique stone (according to legend, a gift from Cleopatra to Caesar) was presented to Catherine the Great in 1777 by King Gustav III of Sweden in honor of the 15th anniversary of her reign.

According to one version, Catherine did not want to spoil the stone with a cut – the masters polished it, decorated it with details and made a pendant.

Subsequently, it was proved

that this is not a ruby at all, but rubellite – a rare variety of dark pink tourmaline.

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The splendid mosaic floor in the atrium of the House of Paquius Proculus, Pompeii.

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Henri-Jean Guillaume Martin - Sadness

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Street art is nothing else but urban poetry that catches someone’s eye.

-- Christian Guémy C215

(Lindau, Germany)

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Lambert’s Bridge no. 77, also know as the snake bridge, on the Macclesfield Canal. location: Astbury Congleton, England

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Norman Lindsay - Other Lovers

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Gathering Flowers in a French Garden (1888) by Childe Hassam

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Persephone

Mythological Sarcophagus panel of the Rape of Persephone, Roman Imperial, ca.190/200, marble, 99x177.16 cm

Private Collection

Carved with Demeter holding a torch and driving a two-horse chariot, Iris in the background with billowing drapery, a reclining figure of Tellus below, Persephone kneeling in the foreground gathering flowers in a basket, and a group of goddesses, Aphrodite, Artemis, and Athena attempting to restrain Hades from carrying off Persephone to the underworld on his chariot; the right end of the scene, including the horses of Hades and the leading figure of Hermes, now missing. (Sothebys)

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Roman mosaic, House of the Tetrastyle, Pula Archaeological Park, Nora, Sardinia.

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Peder Mørk Mønsted (1859-1941, Danish) ~ Blomstrende Crokus, 1933

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Ceramic jar, Moche culture, Peru, 100 BC - 500 AD

from The Art Institute of Chicago

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"Village Church with Flying Saucer" - Art by Mark Bryan

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How Animals Mourn

Anguish by August Friedrich Schenk † The Dead Miner (Mourning the Master) by Charles Christian Nahl † The Faithful Hound by sir Edwin Henry Landseer RA † The Orphan. A Memory of Auvergne by August Friedrich Schenk

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Peaches and Cream - Lucy Clayton , 2019.

British , b. 1970s

Watercolour and Ink