Art Historian Discovers Long-Lost Portrait of Henry VIII in Background of Social Media Post🎨🖼️

[Christopher Hitchens]

Excerpt from Smithsonian Mag:

‘Earlier this month, art historian Adam Busiakiewicz was scrolling through X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, when a particular post caught his eye. Shared by Tim Cox, the British crown’s representative in Warwickshire, the snapshot showed a reception at the local shire hall. But it was the background of the photo, not the figures in it, that caught Busiakiewicz’s attention: Next to a door marked by a neon exit sign hung a portrait of the English king Henry VIII, nestled in a frame topped by a rounded arch.

He immediately suspected that this was no ordinary portrait of the famed Tudor monarch.

“Social media is a crazy thing,” Busiakiewicz tells CNN’s Lianne Kolirin, “because some people use it to watch cat videos and follow what’s going on in the world, and then people like me just look at what people have hanging on their walls.”’

Full article: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/art-historian-discovers-long-lost-portrait-of-henry-viii-in-background-of-social-media-post-180984803/

 

[The anarchist]

that's crazy😂👍

 

[Zargonthe great]

Neat. Thast would make great episode of "Treasures in the Attic" (British TV), or Antiques Roadshow (u.S.) Either way, it's cool.But, why was it considered lost? Surely a record of the purchase would still exist.

 

[Pensacola333]

Great. You would think they would then move it to a National Museum in London....if not the residence of the current Kings of England. But no. It will reside in Warwickshire. The English are weird. Henry the 8th deserves better. Sorry Henry !!!

 

[Christopher Hitchens]

Neat. Thast would make great episode of "Treasures in the Attic" (British TV), or Antiques Roadshow (u.S.) Either way, it's cool.But, why was it considered lost? Surely a record of the purchase would still exist.

Yea but those records werent easy to get I guess. They knew it existed obviously.

 

[Zargonthe great]

Great. You would think they would then move it to a National Museum in London....if not the residence of the current Kings of England. But no. It will reside in Warwickshire. The English are weird. Henry the 8th deserves better. Sorry Henry !!!

Obviously the painting belongs to someone. If they choose to sell or donate it, that's their business.

 

[dark skies]

Excerpt from Smithsonian Mag:

‘Earlier this month, art historian Adam Busiakiewicz was scrolling through X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, when a particular post caught his eye. Shared by Tim Cox, the British crown’s representative in Warwickshire, the snapshot showed a reception at the local shire hall. But it was the background of the photo, not the figures in it, that caught Busiakiewicz’s attention: Next to a door marked by a neon exit sign hung a portrait of the English king Henry VIII, nestled in a frame topped by a rounded arch.

He immediately suspected that this was no ordinary portrait of the famed Tudor monarch.







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“Social media is a crazy thing,” Busiakiewicz tells CNN’s Lianne Kolirin, “because some people use it to watch cat videos and follow what’s going on in the world, and then people like me just look at what people have hanging on their walls.”’

Full article: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/art-historian-discovers-long-lost-portrait-of-henry-viii-in-background-of-social-media-post-180984803/

Guy's got some good eyesight. It was hard to spot even knowing it was there looking at rhe original post.

 

[Christopher Hitchens]

Guy's got some good eyesight. It was hard to spot even knowing it was there looking at rhe original post.

Yea well he is an art historian so he is probably looking at the art in picture, in real life, in video, everywhere his eyes are maybe drawn more to paintings in the background because that’s his career and training and life. Perhaps we wouldnt look at it in the same way. I like your profile pic btw 🤘

 

[dark skies]

Yea well he is an art historian so he is probably looking at the art in picture, in real life, in video, everywhere his eyes are maybe drawn more to paintings in the background because that’s his career and training and life. Perhaps we wouldnt look at it in the same way. I like your profile pic btw 🤘

Thanks brother...agreed, and the pic was probably a little larger than the one I was looking at on my phone. Interesting story about the portrait though...

 

[Christopher Hitchens]

Thanks brother...agreed, and the pic was probably a little larger than the one I was looking at on my phone. Interesting story about the portrait though...

Yea for sure. Do you consider youself a satanist and if so what kind?

 

[dark skies]

If at all, an Atheistic Satanist along the lines of a LaVeyan Satanism.

 

[Christopher Hitchens]

If at all, an Atheistic Satanist along the lines of a LaVeyan Satanism.

Same, I disagree with alot of the satanic Bible with the might is right stuff but apparently he clarified it in his later writings which I have not read

 

[hedgerow]

Same, I disagree with alot of the satanic Bible with the might is right stuff but apparently he clarified it in his later writings which I have not read

you say he satisfies your mind, tells you all of his dreams, i know how much that means to you

 

[Christopher Hitchens]

you say he satisfies your mind, tells you all of his dreams, i know how much that means to you

Wtf? Are possessed by Satan?

 

[hedgerow]

Wtf? Are possessed by Satan?

hey, have you ever tried really reaching out for the other side? life is for us to keep

 

[Christopher Hitchens]

hey, have you ever tried really reaching out for the other side? life is for us to keep

Yea I love Satan.