A new exhibition at the Met is the first to examine the tradition of covered 15th- and 16th-century portraits, which were designed to be interactive and often portable Meilan Solly - Senior ...

Raphael and Dürer struck up a long-distance friendship when they were at the peak of their popularity, living over 600 miles ...

New research and conservation work on the 1533 portrait by Hans Holbein the Younger ... they knew what they were doing in the 18th century,” she said. But she succeeded in removing filler ...

When one thinks of portraits of Henry VIII, his wives, or any member of the Tudor Dynasty, 16th-century Renaissance paintings are likely to come to mind. But, photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto offers ...

People pay good money for the kind of cheek surgery Hans Holbein performed his 1533 portrait of merchant Derich Born. Conservation work has revealed a jaw-slimming procedure done over the course ...

these key players in 16th-Century history might just be names. Holbein's commissions included decorative work such as jewellery, weaponry, woodcuts and frescos, but it is the portraits of ...

A recently discovered painting by the 16th-century artist Lavinia Fontana being offered at a Sotheby’s Old Master sale on Thursday is thought to be a self-portrait of the artist painted while ...

A Renaissance portrait, “Portrait of Bia de’ Medici,” by Bronzino carries a story of loss and longing, writes Jin.

Selling to a U.K. collector at Sotheby's Old Master & 19th Century Paintings Evening Auction, the work realized $4.4 million, more than four times its initial high estimate. A portrait of ...