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August 16, 2026
Last Night's Haul
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Ethiopian Orthodox, Early 16th century
Distemper, gesso and cloth on wood · lifted from the National Museum of African Art
also in the bag:
A Danish Coast. View from Kitnæs on Roskilde Fjord. Zealand
A Danish Coast. View from Kitnæs on Roskilde Fjord. Zealand
Johan Thomas Lundbye, 1843 · SMK, the National Gallery of Denmark
Die Hausratsauflösung (Skandinavien 19 Jh)
Die Hausratsauflösung (Skandinavien 19 Jh)
Anonymous Unknown author, 19 th century · Wikimedia Commons
An Ojibbeway Village of Skin Tents
An Ojibbeway Village of Skin Tents
George Catlin, 1861/1869 · National Gallery of Art, Washington
Samson Shattering the Pillars of the Temple
Samson Shattering the Pillars of the Temple
Maarten van Heemskerck (signed by artist), ca. 1550 - ca. 1560 · Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
[Woman]
[Woman]
Unidentified, ca. 1865-1885 · the Smithsonian American Art Museum
The Line
"A hundred times I was upon the point of killing myself; but still I loved life. This nobleman had a stateliness becoming a person who bore so many names."
Candide, Voltaire
From the Vault
WPA Federal Music Project of NYC [presents] Brahms symphony series Federal symphony orchestra - distinguished conductors and assisting artists
WPA Federal Music Project of NYC [presents] Brahms symphony series Federal symphony orchestra - distinguished conductors and assisting artists, 1938-01-01
found in the Library of Congress
On the Lam
Procida, Italy
Procida is one of the Phlegraean Islands off the coast of Naples in southern Italy. The island is between Cape Miseno and the island of Ischia. Lay low here.
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