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The wax bust was purchased by the German curator Wilhelm von Bode in 1909  He declaimed it a lost da Vinci obtained under the nose of the London art scene Evidence came to light that Flora was by the British artist Richard Cockle Lucas Yet von Bode stuck to his guns and the exact provenance remained a mystery Now, French chemists have ruled out the notion Flora was made in the 1500s With new radiocarbon calibrations, they have dated the wax to 18–19th Century

Wanted: World Chess champion Magnus Carsen's next challenger The next challenger to titleholder Magnus Carsen at the next World Chess Championship is to be determined at an event in Yekaterinburg. This comes with the COVID-19 pandemic having led to a surge in interest in chess. The next challenge to Magnus Carlsen will have to get past 7 opponents in Yekaterinburg The second round of the Candidates Tournament of the World Chess Federation (FIDE,) which was interrupted in March 2020, is set to begin on Monday, with eight grandmasters to sit across the board from each other to determine who wi...

 E-Mail IMAGE: The Flora Wax Bust Inventory n° 5951, Skulpturensammlung (SBM), Museum für Byzantinische Kunst (SBM), Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (SMB) - Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz (SPK) view more  Credit: © SMB-SPK "It is machination, it is deception," said the Director General of the Berlin Royal Museums in his defence when criticized for buying a fake. Wilhelm Bode did not budge an inch: the sculpture he acquired in 1909 was an as yet unknown production of the great Renaissance master, Leonardo da Vinci. After one hundred years and numerous controversies, a group of sci...

The Numismatic Museum in Athens Search for: A priceless treasure in the heart of Athens, the Numismatic Museum pays tribute to Greece’s integral role in the intricate history of coinage, serving as a key source of information on matters of economy from antiquity and beyond. Housing a collection of over 500,000 coins, medals, gems, weights, stamps and related artefacts from the 14th century BC to modern times, this collection constitutes one of the richest in the world, paralleled by those of the British Museum in London, the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris, the State Hermitage Museum in S...

31/03/2021 Nigeria | Benin Bronzes and Restitution, the Journey so far Blog / By His Excellency Yusuf M Tuggar, Nigerian Ambassador to Germany Germany made a first step. However, ‘we need to break down the institutional inertia’, the Nigerian Ambassador to the country argues.  Much has been written and said of late about the Benin Bronzes and Africa’s struggle for restitution of its stolen cultural properties in general. As one of the interlocutors who has helped to revitalise this longstanding issue that continues to trigger curiosity and capture public at...