Louvre acquires rare painting old woman found over stove By . Hannah Frishberg. Published Nov. 8, 2023, 6:35 p.m. ET. The painting "Christ Mocked," was found back in 2019.

When we admire great works of art, we rarely think about who the people depicted on the paintings are. Behind some famous paintings are real lives — romantic, dramatic or even exciting. We decided ...

In 1848 or thereabouts, a talented artist painted an almost life-size group portrait of the three children of one of the ...

The woman is said to be reading a prayer book during her stroll rather than browsing social media. “The girl in this Waldmüller painting is not playing with her new iPhone X, but is off to ...

Artists Jennifer Carvalho Brings the Women of Old Master Paintings to Life—With a Haunting Twist. In her new solo exhibition "Ghost" at Toronto's Franz Kaka, Jennifer Carvalho merges influences ...

For more than a century, a portrait of a mystery woman lay hidden beneath a painting from Pablo Picasso’s famed Blue Period. Now, with the help of advanced imaging technology, conservators at ...

The 160-year-old painting depicts a young woman walking down a wooded path, clutching an object that looks to be the same shape and size of a smartphone.

An old painting found in the kitchen of an elderly woman in France earlier this year -- which was determined to be a work of art from a 13th century artist -- made her a multimillionaire on Sunday.

Artist and educator Gabbe Grodin is pictured in her home studio in San Antonio, TX, on Oct. 19, 2022. Grodin’s artistic pursuits includes a series of oil paintings entitled “Wonderful Old ...

Artist Citra Sasmita imagines a world populated entirely by women in her momentous painted scrolls, part of a new exhibition at London’s Barbican. The contemporary artworks are a twist on ...

Have you ever found an old painting in your basement or attic and wondered about its history and where it comes from? Was it passed on from a relative? Is it so damaged or marred that the thought o… ...