Three men gesture towards a snowy dale in Stoeșești-Tutova, Romania, not dated (1940s)
Personal collection.
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Unknown Japanese woman, anonymous photographer, 1885
Rijksmuseum
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Two men sitting on a sofa, with a carpet and array of sporting equipment hanging on the wall behind them. One enjoys a coffee and cigarette while the other reads a book/newspaper.
No information on reverse. Possibly taken in Romania or Hungary in the interwar period.
Personal collection – found in Bucharest, 21 April 2024.
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Portrait from behind of three unknown men wearing masks, unknown photographer, ca. 1872–1889
Rijksmuseum
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Christus. Kupfer, vergoldet. (Ende 11. Jahrh.). Minden, Dom. Phot. Walter Hege, Weimar.
Christophorus-Verlag Herder K.G., Berlin / Freiburg.
Postcard showing a detail of Christ from the crucifix at Dom Minden (Minden Cathedral), Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Date uncertain, but after 1935.
Mailed to me by a friend in February 2024.
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Nicolae Tonitza (Romanian, 1886–1940)
Double self portrait, not dated (interwar period)
Muzeul Național Brukenthal
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Aat Veldhoen (Dutch, 1934–2018)
"Seated nude with her hand under her head", 1964
Rijksmuseum
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Francesco Michietti (Italian, 1851–1929)
Montage showing a woman and child with the sea in the background, 1882
Rijksmuseum
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Székely pair in front of a wooden gate, location and photographer unknown (Transylvania), 1940
Fortepan.hu / Ebner
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"Die wehrhafte Kirche von Perchtoldsdorf" ("The fortified church of Perchtoldsdorf")
Illustration by Max Frey
Egid Filek, Komm mit in den Wienerwald (Vienna: Wiener Verlag, 1949)
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A photograph of a rural classroom in Viștea, Brașov County, Romania, taken at some point in the early 1940s. Maybe a mixed-age boys' natural sciences class?
No further information on reverse. From my personal collection.
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Ștefan Dimitrescu (Romanian, 1886–1933)
Study for a larger portrait of novelist Ionel Teodoreanu (1897–1954), ca. 1931
Muzeul Național Brukenthal, Sibiu
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Panel from the Chapel of the Palazzo Carrarese depicting a seated group of ten crowned angels holding black globes and lily flabella
Guariento di Arpo (1310–1370), mid-14th century
Musei Civici di Padova
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上海玉佛寺中的玉佛
Нефритовая Будда в Храме Юйфу, Шанхай
The Jade Buddha in Yufu Monastery, Shanghai
Le Bouddha de Jade du Temple Yu-fou, Shanghai
Undated, uncirculated postcard. Probably early 1950s, based on circulated copies for sale online. Found in Bucharest and mailed to a friend, April 2024.
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A Romanian child's drawing of a Turk.
Published in N. N. Tonitza, "Desemnul — copii — și parinții", Universul Literar XLII, nr. 39 (26 September 1926)
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"Types Israëlites du Maroc."
Postcard from a larger series depicting Jews of Morocco, ca. 1919.
Wily Lindwer Collection/Kedem
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Naufragée du tendre // Kate & Anna McGarrigle
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