TAME the WiLD.

Tenture de Debora : Le combat de Baruc contre Sisarah
Pierre de Cortone et Francesco Romanelli
Florence, première moitié du XVIIe siècle
soie lamée peinte, broderie d'or et d'argent
Ancienne collection du cardinal Mazarin
Musée du Louvre

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Adrina Thorpe- Back To You (Acoustic Version) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZhSN9N8YO0

Charles Le Brun, The Apotheosis of Hercules, Paper Drawing, H. 32.7 cm; W. 45.9 cm, ca. 1650-1658, Louvre Museum, Paris, France








Raphael, [Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino] (April 6 or March 28, 1483 – April 6, 1520)








Cartoon for St George, [detail] c. 1504-5.
Pen and ink, over black chalk, the outlines of the figures pricked for transfer, 26.5 x 26.7 cm.
Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe degli Uffizi, Florence

Louis Vuitton window display on La Croisette in Cannes, France for Summer Collection 2011

Anonymous Lombard (Workshop of Giovannino de'Grassi (active in Milan 1389-1398) ),
Two studies of a cheetah, 1410
Watercolour and bodycolour on vellum,
16.4 x 12.3 cm (whole drawing).
British Museum, London


Roman mythological marble sarcophagus panel sold for $1.9 million at Sotheby's in NY on June 8, 2011


PROPERTY FROM A CALIFORNIA PRIVATE COLLECTION
A MARBLE MYTHOLOGICAL SARCOPHAGUS PANEL OF THE RAPE OF PERSEPHONE, ROMAN IMPERIAL,
CIRCA A.D. 190-200
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.
39 by 69 3/4 in. 99 by 177.16 cm.

Underwater Aphrodite, Anatoly Beloshchin





Des Dadas à la Renverse



Mimmo Paladino's Salt Mountain with horse sculptures on Piazza Duomo is encircled by the Palazzo Reale, Palazzo dell' Arengario and the candolian marble Cathedral of Milano dedicated to Santa Maria Nascente. The salt mount is created with the technical contribution of Gobetto. The research laboratory used Dega Stabil resin to consolidate the salt. It will remain on display between June and July 2011.