Image shows the chess set, undated photo. Its figures were made by Paul Heermann, Dresden, Germany, in 1705, while the board box was made by Paul Solanier, Augsburg, Germany, between 1705-1709. Note: Licensed content. (Galerie Kugel, Paris, Guillaume Benoit/Newsflash)
Copyrights: Galerie Kugel, Paris, Guillaume Benoit/Newsflash
07 August 2023
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A museum in Germany that lost treasures worth EUR 113 million when it was robbed in 2019 has received a chess set worth nearly EUR one million as a present to mark its 300th anniversary. The Green Vault - located in Dresden, Saxony - was founded by Augustus the Strong of Poland and Saxony...