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Lost works of art

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Lost works of art

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 35. Chapters: Lost Fabergé eggs, Lost paintings, Lost sculptures, Lost artworks, Amber Room, Fountain, Goddess of Democracy, A Harlot's Progress, A Vision of the Last Judgment, Medusa, Klimt University of Vienna Ceiling Paintings, The Battle of Anghiari, Spindle, Regisole, Nightmare of 1934, Portrait of a Young Man, Nécessaire Egg, Bottle Rack, Cherub with Chariot Egg, Tilted Arc, Cross of Saint Euphrosyne, Hen with Sapphire Pendant, Ducal hat of Liechtenstein, Man at the Crossroads, Cupid, Royal Danish, Hermit of Tong, Partially Buried Woodshed, Head of a faun, Bicycle Wheel, The Just Judges, Alexander III Commemorative, Alexander III Portraits, Mauve, The Stone Breakers, Empire Nephrite, Eidophusikon, St. James Led to His Execution. Excerpt: Lost artworks are original pieces of art that credible sources indicate once existed but that cannot be accounted for in museums or private collections or are known to have been destroyed or neglected through ignorance and lack of connoisseurship. For lost literary works, see Lost work. Works are listed chronologically by when they were created, not by when they were destroyed or lost. Many works of art were destroyed in the September 11, 2001, attacks when the World Trade Center buildings collapsed. Two other sculptures were damaged, but not destroyed by the attacks. These are Red Cube by Isamu Noguchi and Joie de Vivre by Mark di Suvero, located down the street from the World Trade Center. They were repaired and still stand today. Many works by Britartists in the Saatchi collection, as well as work by other artists in different collections, were destroyed in the Momart warehouse fire in Leyton, east London, on May 24, 2004. The Amber Room (In English sometimes known as Amber Chamber, Russian: Yantarnaya komnata, German: ) in the Catherine Palace of Tsarskoye Selo near Saint Petersburg is a complete chamber decoration of amber panels backed with gold leaf and mirrors. Due to its singular beauty, it was sometimes dubbed the "Eighth Wonder of the World". Before it was lost, the original Amber Room represented a joint effort of German and Russian craftsmen. Construction of the Amber Room began in 1701 to 1709 in Prussia. The room was designed by German baroque sculptor Andreas Schlüter and constructed by the Danish amber craftsman Gottfried Wolfram and remained at Charlottenburg Palace until 1716 when it was given by Prussian king Friedrich Wilhelm I to his then ally, Tsar Peter the Great of the Russian Empire. In Russia it was expanded and after several renovations, it covered more than 55 square meters and contained over six tons of amber. The Amber Room was looted during World War II by Nazi Germany and brought to Königsberg. Knowledge of its whereabouts was l

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