Pictures Dated 22nd November 2005

'Cognoscenti in a Room hung with Pictures', c1620. Artist: Anon

'Cognoscenti in a Room hung with Pictures', c1620. In the left foreground men round a table under an open casement window with leaded lights examine books, prints and scientific instruments. In the right foreground another group is viewing paintings. All the wall space in the room is covered with paintings. From the National Gallery, London.

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Sports Parade, Red Square, Moscow, 1972. Artist: Unknown

Sports Parade, Red Square, Moscow, 1972. A large open area in central Moscow bordered by the Kremlin, Lenin's tomb and St Basil's Cathedral. Major Soviet holidays are marked by elaborate parades in the square.

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'The Cobbler', 1918. Artist: Boris Mikhajlovich Kustodiev

'The Cobbler', study for the decoration of the Ruzheinaya (Rifle) Square in Petrograd, 1918.

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