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Image shows the painting dubbed as 'The Last Supper', undated photo. It was found after being lost for 150 years at the church of St. Petri in the town of Seehausen (Altmark), in the district of Stendal, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, ( Dr. Walter Fiedler/CEN)

Missing Last Supper Painting Found After More Than 150 Years Shows Jesus On Cushions

Post author:Michael Leidig
Post published:December 30, 2022

The surprise finding of a long-lost Last Supper painting in Germany that shows Jesus and the disciples lounging on cushions rather than seated at a table has been described as…

Photo shows "The Raising of the Cross" oil sketch from the 1640s, which was believed to be an be an imitation, undated photo. The Bredius Museum in The Hague, Netherlands, where the sketch has been on display since it was bought in 1921, has revealed, thanks to new scientific techniques, it was, in fact, painted by Rembrandt. (@MuseumBredius/Newsflash)

Dutch Art Experts Claim Piece Long Thought To Be Imitation Is Actually A Rembrandt

Post author:Joseph Golder
Post published:November 10, 2022

Art experts in the Netherlands have claimed that a piece long thought to be an imitation was actually painted by Rembrandt himself. "The Raising of the Cross" oil sketch had…

The menhir of La Lancha after it was painted white, in Arcos, Spai, undated. Picture shows the 5,000-year-old megalithic landmark was whitewashing. (entornoajerez.com/Newsflash)

Search For Suspect Who Painted Menhir Stone Like Those Made By Obelix White

Post author:Alice Amelia Thomas
Post published:September 17, 2022

A search is underway for a suspect who whitewashed history by painting a 5.000 year-old-menhir completely white. Menhir's started appearing in the middle Bronze Age and are most commonly found…

Picture shows the painting that could be by Pablo Picasso, undated. It is believed that the dictator Adolf Hitler is represented in a caricatured manner. (Team Arte in Fuga da Hitler/Newsflash)

Painting From Train Station That Ridicules Hitler Was Probably Painted By Picasso Say Experts

Post author:Alice Amelia Thomas
Post published:August 29, 2022

A 1930s artwork that pokes fun at Hitler and was believed to have been found years ago in a train station may have been painted by Picasso. ‘The Eye of…

A mutant calf with no eyes and not fully formed skull was born on a farm in Elazig, Turkey. (Newsflash)

Bizarre Mutant Calf With No Eyes And Brain Just Under Its Skin

Post author:Lee Bullen
Post published:May 31, 2022

These shocking images show a mutant calf with no eyes and its huge brain protruding under the skin due to a deformed skull. The mutant calf - resembling an abstract…

Imelda Marcos with Pablo Picassos Reclining Woman VI, (CEN)

Missing Picasso Painting Spotted On Wall Of Philippine Presidents Mums House

Post author:Lee Bullen
Post published:May 21, 2022

A valuable painting that could be a missing Picasso piece has been spotted hanging on the wall of the Philippine president’s mum’s house. Pablo Picasso’s Reclining Woman VI was apparently…

Titian's Penitent Magdalen which was considered lost, but was recently found in a private collection in London in England and will now be auction in the Dorotheum auction house in Austria's capital Vienna. (Newsflash)

Titian Masterpiece Snapped Up For 70 GBP Now Sold For 4.1 Million Pounds

Post author:Thomas Hochwarter
Post published:May 19, 2022

A painting by famous Renaissance artist Titian once traded for just less than GBP 70 in London over 100 years ago has been auctioned for a whopping EUR 4.8 million…

Read more about the article Titian Masterpiece Believed Lost For 150 Years After Being Owned By Englishman Set To Fetch Over GBP 1 Million At Auction

Titian's Penitent Magdalen which was considered lost, but was recently found in a private collection in London in England and will now be auction in the Dorotheum auction house in Austria's capital Vienna. (Newsflash)

Titian Masterpiece Believed Lost For 150 Years After Being Owned By Englishman Set To Fetch Over GBP 1 Million At Auction

Post author:Georgina Jedikovska
Post published:May 9, 2022

A painting by famous Renaissance artist Titian which was considered lost for over 150 years will be auctioned at one of the world's oldest auction houses after it was recently…

'Portrait of a Knight' painted by Velazquez that goes up for auction in Madrid. (Newsflash)

Last Ever Velazquez To Go Under Hammer Sells For Staggering EUR 4.27 Million At Auction

Post author:William McGee
Post published:March 10, 2022

A painting by legendary 17th century Spanish artist Diego Velazquez has been sold at auction for a staggering EUR 4.27 million. The remarkably preserved oil painting 'Retrato de caballero' ('Portrait…

Read more about the article Dutch Museum Returns Kandinsky Painting Worth Millions To Jewish Heirs After They Sold It To Escape Nazis During WWII

The painting named 'Bild mit Hausern' (Painting with Houses) by Wassily Kandinsky that was handed over to the heirs of the original owners in the Netherlands. (Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam/Newsflash)

Dutch Museum Returns Kandinsky Painting Worth Millions To Jewish Heirs After They Sold It To Escape Nazis During WWII

Post author:Joseph Golder
Post published:March 9, 2022

A museum in Amsterdam has returned a Kandinsky painting worth millions to the descendants of its Jewish owners who had to sell it under duress to escape the Nazis during…