Until the 17th century, commissioning works of art was largely the preserve of the church, monarchs and aristocrats. The emergence of a powerful and wealthy middle class in Holland, though ...

While the bulk of 17th-century Dutch art celebrated the opulence and abundance of the time, there was a sub-movement that flipped that message on its head. Those paintings about futility from the ...

History | August 7, 2023. These 17th-Century Poems Painted Pictures on the Page—and Defied the Church of England’s Rejection of Religious Images. George Herbert’s shaped poetry subtly pushed ...

A 1699 letter from an enslaved boy portrayed in a 17th-century painting sheds light on Black identity and agency in early ...

Painted by an unknown artist of the 17th century Dutch school in about 1650, the unframed 10x8 inch picture is expected to fetch up to £6,000 when it is sold by Christie’s in London on July 9.

The smells of the 17th century are vividly brought to life in Fleeting – Scents in Colour, an exhibition of paintings by Dutch masters. Samples of four odours accompany a video walk-through for ...

Long before art fairs, advisory firms and mega-galleries, there were barbers, tailors and innkeepers managing the flow of art in 17th-century Italy. Beyond the Fringe, an exhibition at Nicholas ...

A dazzling 17th-century atlas of the stars and planets will go on display for the first time in Norfolk next weekend, fresh out of conservation work with its pages as brilliant as if newly hand ...

The images were discovered by French poet Franck André Jamme in 1970 while rummaging through the catalogs of a Parisian art gallery. He became so transfixed by these esoteric artworks that in the ...