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Rubens' Painting "Christ on the Cross" Sold for €2.3 Million - Versailles

The painting "Christ on the Cross" (Le Christ en croix, 1614–1615) by Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens was sold for €2.3 million at an auction in Versailles, France, on November 30, 2025. After being found in a private Paris mansion, the painting shocked the art world and drew major attention from international collectors, museums, and historians. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rubens' Painting "Christ on the Cross" Sold for €2.3 Million - Versailles

The painting "Christ on the Cross" (Le Christ en croix, 1614–1615) by Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens was sold for €2.3 million at an auction in Versailles, France, on November 30, 2025. After being found in a private Paris mansion, the painting shocked the art world and drew major attention from international collectors, museums, and historians. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rubens' Painting "Christ on the Cross" Sold for €2.3 Million - Versailles

The painting "Christ on the Cross" (Le Christ en croix, 1614–1615) by Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens was sold for €2.3 million at an auction in Versailles, France, on November 30, 2025. After being found in a private Paris mansion, the painting shocked the art world and drew major attention from international collectors, museums, and historians. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rubens' Painting "Christ on the Cross" Sold for €2.3 Million - Versailles

The painting "Christ on the Cross" (Le Christ en croix, 1614–1615) by Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens was sold for €2.3 million at an auction in Versailles, France, on November 30, 2025. After being found in a private Paris mansion, the painting shocked the art world and drew major attention from international collectors, museums, and historians. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rubens' Painting "Christ on the Cross" Sold for €2.3 Million - Versailles

The painting "Christ on the Cross" (Le Christ en croix, 1614–1615) by Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens was sold for €2.3 million at an auction in Versailles, France, on November 30, 2025. After being found in a private Paris mansion, the painting shocked the art world and drew major attention from international collectors, museums, and historians. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rubens' Painting "Christ on the Cross" Sold for €2.3 Million - Versailles

The painting "Christ on the Cross" (Le Christ en croix, 1614–1615) by Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens was sold for €2.3 million at an auction in Versailles, France, on November 30, 2025. After being found in a private Paris mansion, the painting shocked the art world and drew major attention from international collectors, museums, and historians. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rubens' Painting "Christ on the Cross" Sold for €2.3 Million - Versailles

The painting "Christ on the Cross" (Le Christ en croix, 1614–1615) by Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens was sold for €2.3 million at an auction in Versailles, France, on November 30, 2025. After being found in a private Paris mansion, the painting shocked the art world and drew major attention from international collectors, museums, and historians. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rubens' Painting "Christ on the Cross" Sold for €2.3 Million - Versailles

The painting "Christ on the Cross" (Le Christ en croix, 1614–1615) by Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens was sold for €2.3 million at an auction in Versailles, France, on November 30, 2025. After being found in a private Paris mansion, the painting shocked the art world and drew major attention from international collectors, museums, and historians. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rubens' Painting "Christ on the Cross" Sold for €2.3 Million - Versailles

The painting "Christ on the Cross" (Le Christ en croix, 1614–1615) by Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens was sold for €2.3 million at an auction in Versailles, France, on November 30, 2025. After being found in a private Paris mansion, the painting shocked the art world and drew major attention from international collectors, museums, and historians. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rubens' Painting "Christ on the Cross" Sold for €2.3 Million - Versailles

The painting "Christ on the Cross" (Le Christ en croix, 1614–1615) by Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens was sold for €2.3 million at an auction in Versailles, France, on November 30, 2025. After being found in a private Paris mansion, the painting shocked the art world and drew major attention from international collectors, museums, and historians. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rubens' Painting "Christ on the Cross" Sold for €2.3 Million - Versailles

The painting "Christ on the Cross" (Le Christ en croix, 1614–1615) by Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens was sold for €2.3 million at an auction in Versailles, France, on November 30, 2025. After being found in a private Paris mansion, the painting shocked the art world and drew major attention from international collectors, museums, and historians. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rubens' Painting "Christ on the Cross" Sold for €2.3 Million - Versailles

The painting "Christ on the Cross" (Le Christ en croix, 1614–1615) by Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens was sold for €2.3 million at an auction in Versailles, France, on November 30, 2025. After being found in a private Paris mansion, the painting shocked the art world and drew major attention from international collectors, museums, and historians. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rubens' Painting "Christ on the Cross" Sold for €2.3 Million - Versailles

The painting "Christ on the Cross" (Le Christ en croix, 1614–1615) by Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens was sold for €2.3 million at an auction in Versailles, France, on November 30, 2025. After being found in a private Paris mansion, the painting shocked the art world and drew major attention from international collectors, museums, and historians. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rubens' Painting "Christ on the Cross" Sold for €2.3 Million - Versailles

The painting "Christ on the Cross" (Le Christ en croix, 1614–1615) by Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens was sold for €2.3 million at an auction in Versailles, France, on November 30, 2025. After being found in a private Paris mansion, the painting shocked the art world and drew major attention from international collectors, museums, and historians. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rubens' Painting "Christ on the Cross" Sold for €2.3 Million - Versailles

The painting "Christ on the Cross" (Le Christ en croix, 1614–1615) by Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens was sold for €2.3 million at an auction in Versailles, France, on November 30, 2025. After being found in a private Paris mansion, the painting shocked the art world and drew major attention from international collectors, museums, and historians. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rubens' Painting "Christ on the Cross" Sold for €2.3 Million - Versailles

The painting "Christ on the Cross" (Le Christ en croix, 1614–1615) by Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens was sold for €2.3 million at an auction in Versailles, France, on November 30, 2025. After being found in a private Paris mansion, the painting shocked the art world and drew major attention from international collectors, museums, and historians. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rubens' Painting "Christ on the Cross" Sold for €2.3 Million - Versailles

The painting "Christ on the Cross" (Le Christ en croix, 1614–1615) by Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens was sold for €2.3 million at an auction in Versailles, France, on November 30, 2025. After being found in a private Paris mansion, the painting shocked the art world and drew major attention from international collectors, museums, and historians. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kirna manor

09.07.2023, Kirna Kirna manor (est.1614). Photo: Dmitri Kotjuh / Järva Teataja

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JMSDF ships enter Cuba for 400th anniv. of Japan mission

HAVANA, Cuba - The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's Setoyuki (foreground) and Asagiri are seen docked at a port in Havana, the Cuban capital, on July 5, 2014. Three MSDF ships made port calls to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the Japanese mission to Europe's visit to Cuba in 1614.

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Bronze statue of Havana's 1st Japanese envoy unveiled

HAVANA, Cuba - A bronze statue of Japan's first official envoy to visit what is now Cuba in 1614, while on his way to Europe on a mission with a Japanese delegation, is unveiled at a park in Havana on April 26. The 1.6-meter statue was erected in memory of Hasekura Tsunenaga (1571-1622), a retainer of Date Masamune, a ''daimyo'' or feudal lord of Sendai in northeastern Japan. Standing in samurai attire (3rd from R) is Norimasa Hasekura, 60, Tsunenaga's descendant.

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Bronze statue of Havana's 1st Japanese envoy unveiled

HAVANA, Cuba - A bronze statue of Japan's first official envoy to visit what is now Cuba in 1614, while on his way to Europe on a mission with a Japanese delegation, is unveiled at a park in Havana on April 26. The 1.6-meter statue was erected in memory of Hasekura Tsunenaga (1571-1622), a retainer of Date Masamune, a ''daimyo'' or feudal lord of Sendai in northeastern Japan. Standing in samurai attire (3rd from R) is Norimasa Hasekura, 60, Tsunenaga's descendant.

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Charles I, King of England, with his son James, Duke of York

Portrait of Charles I (1600 - 1649) with his son James, Duke of York, known as Clouded Majesty. Painting by Henry Stone (1614 - 1653) after Sir Peter Lely Date: circa 1640

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Statue of Hasekura Tsunenaga in Havana

A statue of Japanese samurai Hasekura Tsunenaga in Havana is seen in this photo taken on April 29, 2015. Hasekura visited Cuba in 1614 as head of the Keicho Mission to Europe dispatched by Date Masamune, feudal lord of Sendai Domain. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Citizens gather around statue of Hasekura Tsunenaga in Havana

Citizens gather around a statue of Japanese samurai Hasekura Tsunenaga in Havana in October 2014. Hasekura visited Cuba in 1614 as head of the Keicho Mission to Europe dispatched by Date Masamune, feudal lord of Sendai Domain. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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The Great Bell, Hokoji Temple

The big bell of Hokoji Temple placed on stone blocks is viewed from the east. A wooden fence surrounds the bell, and two men are standing nearby. The Nishiyama mountains are faintly visible in the background. The big bell was made at the time of the reconstruction of the temple by Toyotomi Hideyori in 1614. It is said to have been 4.5m high, 2.8m in diameter, 28cm thick and about 8.3 tons in weight. This was taken by photographer Usui Shuzaburo of Yokohama sometime before July 1882.==Date:unknown, Place:Kyoto, Photo:Usui Shuzaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number94‐19‐0]

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The Great Bell, Hokoji Temple

The big bell of Hokoji Temple placed on stone blocks is viewed from the southwest. Two men are trying to wrap their arms around the bell, while three children stand between them. Frames for fans are drying in the foreground. The big bell was made at the time of the reconstruction of the temple by Toyotomi Hideyori in 1614. It is said to have been 4.5m high, 2.8m in diameter, 28cm thick and about 8.3 tons in weight. The two-story Buddha Hall in the photograph burnt down in 1973.==Date:unknown, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number87‐41‐0]

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The Great Bell, Hokoji Temple

The big bell of Hokoji Temple placed on the stone blocks is viewed from the south. Two men in kimono are holding the bell. The big bell was made at the time of the reconstruction of the temple by Toyotomi Hideyori in 1614. It is said to have been 4.5m high, 2.8m in diameter, 28cm thick and about 8.3 tons in weight.==Date:unknown, Place:Kyoto, Photo:R. Stillfried, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number63‐12‐0]

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Ikegami Honmonji Temple

The five-story pagoda was built by the second shogun Tokugawa Hidetada in 1608 to show appreciation for his recovery from illness. The pagoda leaned to one side after the earthquake of 1614, and the fifth shogun Tsunayoshi ordered it to be repaired and transferred to its current location in 1701. The first story was designed in Japanese style, but the second story and above were executed in an unusual Chinese style. The building was completely restored in 2001.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number53‐27‐0]

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Ikegami Honmonji Temple

The five-story pagoda was built by the second shogun Tokugawa Hidetada in 1608 to show appreciation for his recovery from illness. The pagoda leaned to one side after the earthquake of 1614, and the fifth shogun Tsunayoshi ordered it to be repaired and transferred to its current location in 1701. The first story was designed in Japanese style, but the second story and above were executed in an unusual Chinese style. The building was completely restored in 2001.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number53‐14‐0]

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Nagoya Castle

Nagoya castle was completed in the 19th year of Keicho (1614). It was under the supervision of the Army in the Meiji period and a guard house was placed. In 1893, the castle tower and Ofukemaru located to the northwest was called the Rikyu of Nagoya castle.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagoya, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number42‐38‐0]

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Nagoya Castle

A close view of the castle tower before it was destroyed in the bombing of 1945. After it was completed in the 19th year of Keicho (1614), commercial houses, shrines, Buddhist temples were forced to move to the region near Nagoya castle from the area near Kiyosu Castle. This is the so-called Kiyosugoshi (moving from Kiyosu).==Date:unknown, Place:Nagoya, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number40‐20‐0]

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Niju-bashi Bridge,the Imperial Palace

This stone bridge was built after the imperial palace was built. The former bridge was built in the 1614 and was called Nijubashi because the bridge girders were doubled.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number8‐16‐0]

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Tirana, Statue of Sulejman Pasha Bargjini (of Mulleti)

The Statue of Sulejman Pasha Bargjini (of Mulleti), founder of Tirana in 1614, in Tirana, the capital and biggest city of Albania. September 7, 2018. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)

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Japanese Christian warlord Takayama Ukon beatified

About 10,000 Catholics and other people from Japan and abroad attend a beatification ceremony for Takayama Ukon, a Japanese Christian warlord, in Osaka, western Japan, on Feb. 7, 2017. Vatican officially endorsed Ukon, who served as a warrior and was exiled to Manila in 1614 due to the Edo Shogunate's ban on Christianity, as "beatus," or "blessed," the stage below a saint. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese Christian warlord Takayama Ukon beatified

About 10,000 Catholics and other people from Japan and abroad attend a beatification ceremony for Takayama Ukon, a Japanese Christian warlord, in Osaka, western Japan, on Feb. 7, 2017. Vatican officially endorsed Ukon, who served as a warrior and was exiled to Manila in 1614 due to the Edo Shogunate's ban on Christianity, as "beatus," or "blessed," the stage below a saint. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese Christian warlord Takayama Ukon beatified

A portrait of Takayama Ukon, a Japanese Christian warlord, is screened during a beatification ceremony in Osaka, western Japan, on Feb. 7, 2017. Vatican officially endorsed Ukon, who served as a warrior and was exiled to Manila in 1614 due to the Edo Shogunate's ban on Christianity, as "beatus," or "blessed," the stage below a saint. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese Christian warlord Takayama Ukon beatified

A portrait of Takayama Ukon, a Japanese Christian warlord, is screened during a beatification ceremony in Osaka, western Japan, on Feb. 7, 2017. Vatican officially endorsed Ukon, who served as a warrior and was exiled to Manila in 1614 due to the Edo Shogunate's ban on Christianity, as "beatus," or "blessed," the stage below a saint. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese Christian warlord Takayama Ukon beatified

Cardinal Angelo Amato (L in front) reads out a letter from Pope Francis declaring Takayama Ukon, a Japanese Christian warlord, to be named in the beatus list during a beatification ceremony in Osaka, western Japan, on Feb. 7, 2017. Ukon, born in 1552 and baptized in his childhood, served as a warrior and was exiled to Manila in 1614 due to the Edo Shogunate's ban on Christianity. He died of fever the following year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese Christian warlord Takayama Ukon beatified

Cardinal Angelo Amato (L) reads out a letter from Pope Francis declaring Takayama Ukon, a Japanese Christian warlord, to be named in the beatus list during a beatification ceremony in Osaka, western Japan, on Feb. 7, 2017. Ukon, born in 1552 and baptized in his childhood, served as a warrior and was exiled to Manila in 1614 due to the Edo Shogunate's ban on Christianity. He died of fever the following year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo