Gods and Foolish Grandeur
Life And The Arts...From A Retrograde Perspective
Sunday, March 30, 2025
The king's pretty box - the "coffret des pierreries" of Louis XIV
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Jewel box of Louis XIV - previously known as "d'Anne d'Autriche” - created by the goldsmiths Jakob Blanck and Jean Pitan, 167...
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Sunday, March 23, 2025
Chevy show-off - one car, one young man, three vintage photographs, circa 1960s
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Sunday, March 16, 2025
JC on the cover - Joan Crawford and the movie magazine (plus one)
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* And Miss Crawford looking very chic on the March 12, 1940 cover of Look . The aquamarine and diamond jewels were her own.
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Sunday, March 9, 2025
Dark boys - three tenebrous portraits
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Portrait de jeune homme à col ouvert , portrait of Eugène Delacroix, by Théodore Géricault, circa 1816-17. * Ragazzo con gli orecchini , ...
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