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Contemporary battlefield sketches, grand post-war history paintings, elegant portraits of the major military and political figures, along with watercolor illustrations and unobtrusive live-action recreations bring the tale to life.

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Others she identifies by matching them to fruits in Renaissance paintings, where they often appear in depictions of the Madonna and Child.

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The painting, depicting five miracles of Christ, reportedly survived religious purges by being hidden at the almshouse for hundreds of years, Sotheby's said.

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The Kleins, who were wine dealers, acquired the painting after Klimt's death in 1918.

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The thieves marched past the Bode-Museum’s paintings and sculptures, making a beeline for their target: a giant, 220-pound coin bearing the profile of Queen Elizabeth II.

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