A recent study by researchers Dr. Dorota Dzierzbicka and Dr. Daria Elagina re-examined and translated a rare first-hand account of a 16th-century Ethiopian monk visiting old Dongola, Sudan.

Fra' Bartolomeo painted the monk, who believed he had been ... By the end of the 16th century, head-and-shoulders portraits had graduated to full-length effigies, such as Santi di Tito’s ...

It’s the satirical 16th Century portrait that inspired Sir John Tenniel’s illustration of The Duchess in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. But despite being dubbed ‘The Old Duchess’ for ...

Art historian Philip Mould identified this miniature, previously thought to be a likeness of Sir Walter Raleigh, as a portrait of Henry ... and finally imprint 16th-century royal portraiture ...

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