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.

Historic St. Mary's City, a Maryland-based museum and archaeological organization, is opening up a reconstructed 17th-century ...

Holland was in bloom. Following a bout of “tulipmania” in the 1630s, it became fashionable to visit the Hortus Botanicus, ...

with Caravaggio placing the figure in a diagonal position that draws the viewer into the 17th century. The rediscovery of this painting is a remarkable event in the art world. Mina Gregori ...

Click the FOLLOW button to be the first to know about this artist's upcoming lots, sold lots, exhibitions and articles The Mexican School, 17th Century comprised a group of artists active in this ...

The British School, 17th Century comprised a group of artists active in this region in the period. Works identified as being by this group appear regularly at auction.

The ongoing restoration of the 17th-century tomb of Muhammad Qutb Shah in Hyderabad, with its distinctive green, glazed dome and intricate tile work, has thrown open a great opportunity to reintroduce ...

The work of art that changed everything for me is Francis Bacon’s “screaming Pope”, after Diego Velázquez’s 17th-century ...

Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts offers the first major exhibition devoted to these canvases, featuring 14 of the works Van Gogh ...

Under its longest-serving editor, Graydon Carter, Vanity Fair was that rare thing – a New York society magazine that published serious journalism. @PeterPeteryork looks at what Carter got right. Peter ...

Look inside Veranda House on Nantucket, which was newly rebuilt after a devastating fire that took place in 2022.