The frame is a portal, drawing us in. Our eyes, focused from the sides, fly like birds to the painting's heart.Credit: Jessica Shapiro Life, too, has its frames.

A long-lost painting found in the kitchen of an elderly French woman has sold for a record €24m (£20m) at auction. Christ Mocked, a masterpiece by the 13th-century Italian painter Cimabue, was ...

A small painting of Christ which was expected to make up to €800 at auction was sold for €120,000 at Adam’s salesrooms in Dublin on Sunday. Image: Adams. Tim O'Brien Mon Apr 10 2017 - 17:55 ...

A painting of Christ by Leonardo da Vinci has sold for a record-breaking figure of $450 million (£341 million) in New York. The 500-year-old Salvator Mundi (Latin for Saviour of the World) is believed ...

The tips would have been painted onto the original frame, thus bringing Christ into the realm of humanity, according to Sotheby’s website. This painting was “intended to inspire prayer on a ...