An exhibition in New York spotlights an intriguing episode in trade history , in which an influx of foreign artists to Rome ...

The painting is Caravaggio’s Judith and Holofernes ... alongside Caravaggio and lived in Naples at the beginning of the 17th century. In fact, a 1607 letter addressed to the Duke of Mantua ...

A 17th-century painting looted by Nazis from the home of a Jewish Belgian art collector is being returned to his family by Tate Britain. The government’s Spoliation Advisory Panel recommended the ...

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

has been identified as a rare and highly important 17th century masterpiece by Flemish artist Jacob Jordaens - a pupil of Peter Paul Rubens who dominated painting in Flanders in the mid-17th century.

By late in the 17th century, the vaulted loggia ceiling had fallen into disrepair, and included loose areas of “intonaco,” the final, smooth layer of plaster used in frescoed painting.

They will also be able to analyze 17th-18th-century paintings, sculptures, and architectures, as well as other artistic mediums such as engravings and textiles. Artemisia Gentileschi, Self-Portrait as ...

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 ...