On one hand, I really love this dress. It is so beautifully fitted and attractive, the fabric is lovely, and it is just striking. On the oth...

Do I have a thing for french paintings? Perhaps. But it means I don't do a good job learning things about them. This appears to be fro...

I love this painting. Unfortunately, I can't find any information about it in English, so it will have to speak for itself. The sleeve...

I know basically nothing about this painting, except it seems to have gone up for auction under the title of "Leutnant (und Dame) (um 1...

This is a pretty painting. But the interesting part, in my opinion, is the study photograph it is clearly based on. I love the way they'...

Day two was full of walking in the frigid cold, and museums. I love museums, and my computer is currently choking on the hundreds of picture...

Sometimes you need a really spectacular, jaw dropping, sparkly, incredible, gorgeous tiara. And then there are those times where one tiara w...

Fringe tiaras are beautiful and fabulous. They look like this, and have been favorites of royalty throughout the 19th century and beyond. S...