Restoration of artworks in the Berlin royal picture collection between 1797 and 1830 by Robert Skwirblies

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Some notes about the books of Žygimantas Augustas in the Vilnius University Library by Alma Braziūnienė

“…The review of the provenance of the surviving royal collection in the Library of Vilnius University and some notes concerning the questionable cases of provenance are presented in this article. …”
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The Laws and Customs of the Yorùbá People by E.A. Ajisafe Moore (Undated, M. A. Ola Fola Bookshops, Abeokuta, Nigeria. 87 pages. Price $21.95 on Amazon.com) by Akinloye Ojo Ojo, Kingsley Opia-Enwemuche

“…Other sources such as the LitCaf Encyclopedia list laws and customs as being published in 1924, eight years after the publication of the first edition of Ajisafe Moore’s self-published work, History of Abeokuta in 1916 (reissued in 1948 and 1964 and now part of the United Kingdom’s Royal Collection Trust). James S. Coleman’s Nigeria: Background to Nationalism (1958) cites Laws and Customs as one of the “tribal and national histories of major ethnic groups” published in English in 1946 (Coleman, 1958: 327). …”
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“La suavidad de Artemisa”: reflections on the reception of Artemisia Gentileschi in Spain by Jesse Locker

“…Two wax busts depicting a man and a woman, with authentic clothing and hair, once part of the Royal Collections and recently placed on display in the Museo del Prado, were previously ascribed to Giovanni Francesco Pieri, a Tuscan wax modeller active in Naples. …”
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Due ritratti in cera in cerca di autore by Andrea Daninos

“…Two wax busts depicting a man and a woman, with authentic clothing and hair, once part of the Royal Collections and recently placed on display in the Museo del Prado, were previously ascribed to Giovanni Francesco Pieri, a Tuscan wax modeller active in Naples. …”
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