The Dutch "old mistress" was renowned in her own lifetime. But since her death 275 years ago, her legacy has been largely forgotten ...

The master artist’s garden was integral to his Antwerp town house, and it has now been replanted after meticulous historical ...

Sealed away above the ceiling were three massive 17th-century frescoes that remained ... the background behind Mona Lisa in ...

The Burning of a Sicilian Whore is based on the sparse facts known about the life of Giulia Tofana, a woman of humble ...

Virtual bidding began a week ago for the famous 17th-century copy of the Mona Lisa ... In any case, the painting was valued at between 200,000 and 300,000 euros before the auction.

tailors and innkeepers managing the flow of art in 17th-century Italy. Beyond the Fringe, an exhibition at Nicholas Hall Gallery in New York, spotlights this understudied corner of the early art ...

from the 17th Century to the end of the 19th Century. These clips are taken from the BBC series The Britain that Women Made. Suitable for: Art and Design and History at KS3 in England, Wales and ...

Rare art and furniture from a 17th-century Cotswolds country house are to be auctioned. The contents of Ready Token House, also known as the Omaze Cotswolds property, will be sold at Chorley's ...

‘Girl with a Pearl Earring’, a world-famous painting by ... his head to the glass-protected painting. According to the museum authorities, the 17th-century masterpiece was undamaged ...

An oil on canvas board painting by the renowned Louisiana folk artist Clementine Hunter (1887-1988), an oil on canvas laid to ...