Portal:The arts/Did you know/January, 2008


 * ... that the core group of paintings in the Orleans Collection (pictured) remained together for two centuries in Prague, Stockholm, Rome, Paris and London?
 * ... that one of the most gifted portrait painters of the 17th century is known as Cornelis Janssens, although he never used that name to sign his paintings?
 * ... that the ideal length of a train melody is seven seconds?
 * ... that Norwegian illustrator Harald Damsleth was convicted for treason in 1950, for having drawn Nazi propaganda posters during World War II?
 * ... that David Rubinger was the first photographer to receive the Israel Prize?