New research into the life of a Black child servant in an 18th century portrait reveals how he became a musician for the ...

Dreweatts is to offer a historic painting of Englefield House (in Berkshire), which shows the owner of the house Powlett ...

William Shakespeare (1564–1616) is the most famous playwright in history, though ironically, we know very little about his life and perhaps even less about what he really looked like.

The Vatican’s famous Apollo Belvedere—a marble statue of the Greek god of archery, music and dance—is finally back on public display after a five-year restoration. The seven-foot-tall statue of Apollo ...

"Private Lives" explores how intimate spaces have evolved over recent centuries, showcasing everything from famous paintings ...

In art, there have been many eras, ages, and phases. Be it the Dutch Golden Age, or the Renaissance era, every art style has ...

But many of the other paintings, including works by less famous 17th- and 18th-century painters like Jan van Goyen, Salomon van Ruysdael and Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin were nowhere to be found.

Dora23 Budapest, Hungary’s capital, is a city of eclectic history and culture, and it shows in every aspect of its existence, ...

A Reddit user called shystone combined Google Street Views of London with famous 18th and 19th century paintings to create highly unique then-and-now images (via My Modern Met and/r/London).

A historic painting of a Berkshire mansion and its owner is set to go on sale. Dreweatts, a British auction house, will offer ...

Famed for its annual Christmas book, the retail brand offers items this year ranging from an 18th century Spanish Carriage to ...

Long before AI and robotics shaped our modern world, the 18th century witnessed the rise of automata — mechanical wonders ...