Ever wonder if our obsession with flawless images is a modern thing? Think again. Long before filters and Photoshop, people still craved the perfect portrait — only then, it was painters, not apps, ...

A 16th-century painting, by the Italian Renaissance master Giovanni Battista Moroni, will go on display at the Frick Madison on Thursday. By Sarah Bahr From a gilded frame, a red-haired woman eyes ...

Young Derich Born’s cheekbones were not always sharp enough to peel apples — new research reveals the 1553 portrait by Hans Holbein the Younger underwent several revisions to give him a more ...

The 16th-century painting of the English queen sold for $4.4 million. Attributed to Master John, Portrait of Katherine Parr (1512–1548), Queen of England and Ireland (1544–1545).

The portrait of Elizabeth holding a serpent, for example, was painted over the unfinished picture of an unknown woman, showing how 16th century panels were sometimes re-used and recycled by artists.

A 16th-century portrait created by Lucas Cranach the Elder and his workshop will be auctioned next year under an agreement between a Pennsylvania museum and the descendants of a Jewish couple who ...

A woman in Norfolk, England, has at last decided to return a 16th-century painting that was stolen more than 50 years ago.

Airbrushing and beauty filters may feel like a modern phenomenon, but conservation work to a portrait painted in the 17th century has revealed that touch-ups to images are nothing new.