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After decades in an Omaha vault, the Hahn La Belle was sold at auction by Sotheby's on January 28, 2010 as "by a follower of Leonardo, probably before 1750"; it brought $1.5 million, a price three times higher than Sotheby's pre-sale estimate. The buyer was an unidentified American collector. [12] [13]
Beam. 14 ft 9 in (4.50 m) Draft. 8 ft (2.4 m) La Belle was one of Robert de La Salle's four ships when he explored the Gulf of Mexico with the ill-fated mission of starting a French colony at the mouth of the Mississippi River in 1685. La Belle was wrecked in present-day Matagorda Bay the following year, dooming La Salle's Texas colony to failure.
Crivelli was a lady-in-waiting to Ludovico Sforza's wife, Beatrice d'Este (29 June 1475 – 2 January 1497). During this time, she also became the mistress of Sforza. In 1497, she gave birth to his son, Giovanni Paolo. [4] Sforza's affair with Crivelli caused much distress to his wife, who was considered accomplished and cultured.
West Berlin discotheque bombing. On 5 April 1986, three people were killed and 229 injured when La Belle discothèque was bombed in the Friedenau locality (then part of Schöneberg, and since 2001 part of the merged district of Tempelhof-Schöneberg) of West Berlin. The entertainment venue was commonly frequented by United States soldiers; [2 ...
BI reporters tried martinis in three US cities that ranged from $30 to $52, and were surprised to find that some actually warranted the price tag. We tried $40 martinis in LA, NY, and SF.
The Beautiful Person. The Beautiful Person (French: La Belle Personne) is a 2008 French teen comedy-drama film directed by Christophe Honoré from a screenplay he co-wrote with Gilles Taurand. [ 2 ] It is a modernised adaptation of the 1678 French novel La Princesse de Clèves. Honoré was inspired to make the film after then-French president ...
Watch this celebration of our sons on National Sons Day. Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY. September 25, 2024 at 4:00 PM. September 28 is National Sons Day, a chance for parents to celebrate their boys ...
He then worked for the La Belle glass company and during a strike there moved to Phoenix glass company in Pittsburgh, Pa. [2] He became a glass maker when he returned to La Belle about 1886. [ 2 ] The original Northwood Glass Company was established by Harry Northwood in 1887 in Martins Ferry, Ohio.