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

In her paintings, the 17th-century Dutch painter captured a pure, crystalline moment of time with unnerving verisimilitude.

Artist Ori Gersht created traditional still-life arrangements only to blow them ... that what they're looking at is a painting. The reference in this instance is a Juan Cotán painting ["Quince ...