Tag: Popes

Lost Lavishly-Illustrated Vatican Manuscripts Go on Display at the Meadows Museum

DALLAS (REUTERS).- Rare, lavishly-illustrated manuscripts from the Sistine Chapel that were rescued from Napoleon’s army, only to fall under the radar screen of art history for two centuries, go on display in Dallas on Sunday. The exhibit at Southern M…

Christie’s Expects to Sell “Ordination” by Nicolas Poussin for £15 to £20 Million

NEW YORK, NY.- On 7 December 2010 in London, Christie’s will offer a masterpiece from one of the most celebrated groups of paintings in European history. Ordination by Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665) will highlight the Old Masters and 19th Century Art…

Tourist Crowds Threaten Vatican’s Sistine Chapel Says Vatican Museums Chief

VATICAN CITY (AP).- The Vatican Museums chief warned that dust and polluting agents brought into the Sistine Chapel by thousands of tourists every day risk one day endangering its priceless artworks. Antonio Paolucci told the newspaper La Repubblica in…

Tourist Crowds Threaten Vatican’s Sistine Chapel Says Vatican Museums Chief

VATICAN CITY (AP).- The Vatican Museums chief warned that dust and polluting agents brought into the Sistine Chapel by thousands of tourists every day risk one day endangering its priceless artworks. Antonio Paolucci told the newspaper La Repubblica in…

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