The diamond ring belonged to 16th-century Polish King Sigismund I.

The diamond ring belonged to 16th-century Polish King Sigismund I.
“Woman Carrying the Embers” by Pieter Brueghel the Younger disappeared from the National Museum in Gdańsk around 1974.
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This is further “destruction of Polish cultural heritage in Belarus by the Lukashenko regime”, says Poland’s foreign ministry.
Łaski’s Statute of 1505 was the first codification of laws published in the Kingdom of Poland.
The German auction house says the sword belongs to Sigismund III Vasa, king of Poland from 1587-1632.
Aleksandra Janiszewska-Cardone
One of Poland’s most recognised artists is the subject of a new exhibition in London.
“Today these items are in German homes, mansions, museums,” says Poland’s deputy foreign minister.
The sale of the piece remains on hold after doubts were raised over the legal status of its ownership.
The 1928 work was stolen from the National Museum in Warsaw, according to Poland’s culture ministry.
Some have wondered if the item was looted from Poland during the Nazi German and Soviet occupations of World War Two.
Piotr Kosiewski
An inexperienced political appointee as director threatened to undermine the Museum of Art’s global prestige.
Hundreds of thousands of works of art and other cultural items remain missing after disappearing during the war.
“The similarity between historical and contemporary works is striking,” said the exhibition’s curator.
Aleksandra Janiszewska-Cardone
Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz was a leading experimental painter and writer of the early 20th century.