Soon on holidays? And if this year you were doing like your kids, a little review of your classics ...? If you get stuck, do not worry, everything is in the previous articles of Authenticite!
1- I was ordered to Faberge by the Czar Nicholas II for his wife Alexandra Feodorovna, who am I?
A-The Memorial Egg of Alexander III
B-The coronation egg
C-The diamond mesh egg
2 - I am one of the greatest French animal sculptors of the nineteenth century. I realized this bronze casted by Barbedienne, who am I?
A- Pierre-Jules Mène
B- Emmanuel Fremiet
C- Antoine Louis Barye
3 - Work of Eileen Gray, I am the second most important piece of furniture ever auctioned and sold myself nearly 22 million Euros who am I?
A- Le fauteuil dit au zèbre
B- Le fauteuil aux dragons
C- Le fauteuil serpentin
4 - I'm a drawing by Hergé, sold by Artcurial in 2008 for the record price of €764,218 including buyer premium. I just found a new owner, but at what price?
A- €566,327
B- €954,332
C- €1,338,500
5 - I am an armoire known as a marriage one and an icon of French regional furniture. What is my region of origin?
A- Burgundy
B- Brittany
C- Normandy
6 - Of all the famous painters of the eighteenth century, my name is probably the one that best evokes the paintings of marine, who am I?
A- Claude Gelee, Le Lorrain
B- Joseph Vernet
C- Hubert Robert
7 - Developed in 1950, I made a couple of famous legend: Charles and Ray Eames, what's my name?
A- LCM rocking chair
B- DAW armchair
C- RAR armchair
8 - Appeared at the end of the eighteenth century, I am a clock that celebrates the architecture of antiquity, how do I call it?
A- Columns clock
B- Portico clock
C- Clock said in temple
9 - I am a figure reliquary, typical piece of statuary ancestor, of type ... ?
A- Fang
B- Yoruba
C- Hemba
10 - BONUS: unit of mass for gemstones, how much weighs a carat?
A- 12 g
B- 0,2 g
C- 2 g
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