1000 Pieces
Copy of "The Battle on the beach"
2011-08-28
2011-08-27
2011-08-24
Finished 24th August 2011 - after 10 1/2 weeks
4000 Pieces (-4 pcs. missing)
The Judgement of Paris, Prince of Troy, and the Demolition of Troy
by Matthias Gerung, german painter (1500-1570)
The Painting can be seen at the Louvre, Paris. It measures 151 x 103 cm and dates back to 1540.
The Jigsaw was made in the Netherlands by MB in 1981 and measures 146 x 98,5 cm.
It presents the worldfamous story of the Judgement of Prince Paris of Troy. He had to decide which goddess is the most beautiful and chose Aphrodite. She offered him eternal love by Helena, the most beautiful lady - although she was married to Menelaos, King of Sparta. Paris took Helena and the war began. After ten years, the greek warriors deicded to use a 'backdoor tactics' and left the trojan horse outside the walls of Troy. The inhabitants thought that the grecians fled and decided themselves to take the horse into town; they were happy about the end of the war In the night, when all inhabitants fell asleep, Odysseus and his special 'task force' came out of the horse and destroyed the city.
Finished 24th August 2011
40 Pieces
The Cock and The Bull
Two pubs in Stony Stanford, Birminghamshire, UK
2011-08-20
Finished 20th August 2011 + updated informations 26th Sept. 2013
30 Pieces
Queen Mary of England, consort to King Georg V.
wearing the so-called Delhi Durbar Tiara and Parure including a part of the Cullinan diamond fixed to the Tiara.
Age approx. 80 years and manufacturer of wooden Jigsaw seems to be Chad Valley
2011-08-19
Finished 19th August 2011 + updated 21st June 2015
1000 Pieces
Kings and Queens of England - by Tony Hunt
starting from William the Conqueror
A Citadel Puzzle
explore also Shakespeare and his plays and Charles Dickes and his Novels
from the same series
Finished 18th August 2011
48 Pieces
Cute little ants by Fabio Vettori
Very small pieces, jigsaw measures 6 x 8 cm
2011-08-13
Finished 13th August 2011
252 Pieces
Their Majesties Leaving Westminster Abbey
Genuine Coronation LUMAR Jigsaw, approx. 1930ies
2011-08-12
Finished 12th August 2011
110 Pieces
Strawberries with chocolate
Wooden Jigsaw by ArtPuzzle
Squirrel-Cut
V
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2011-08-07
2011-08-04
Finished 3rd + 4th August 2011
64 Pieces
The Scots Guards by Conrad Leigh (1960ies)
Wooden jigsaw by Victory (G.J. Hayter)
&
250 Pieces
Leonardo da Vincis "La Gioconda", called Mona Lisa. The painting measures 76 x 53 cm - just a little bit taller than a 1000-pcs-jigsaw and is one of the most visited painting at the Louvre.
Painted 1502-1503
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four worldfamous masterpieces by da Vinci :
2011-08-01
Finished 1st August 2011
250 PiecesLeonardo da Vinci - the Vitruvian Man (1492)
The original scetch is written on a piece of paper, that measures 24 x 34 cm and is stored in the Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice. It is the best known proportional painting of a human body in the world
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