The Frick’s first post-renovation show unites three Vermeer masterpieces that explore letter-writing and (maybe) love affairs ...

There are five Vermeers in the building,” John Updike Curator Aimee Ng proclaimed at a recent preview of the Frick Collection ...

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

A visitor has damaged a 17th-century painting at the Uffizi Galleries in Florence after stumbling back into it while posing ...

Volunteers cleaning Poland’s Krzna River uncover well-preserved 6-pound 17th-century cannonball, sparking intrigue about its origins, Lublin officials said.

Volunteers cleaning Poland’s Krzna River uncover well-preserved 6-pound 17th-century cannonball, sparking intrigue about its origins, Lublin officials said.

In 2020, a massive explosion rocked the port of Beirut in Lebanon. It killed more than 200 people and destroyed homes as far as six miles away. It also damaged a historic piece of art: a previously ...

The Austrian School, 17th Century comprised a group of artists active in this region in the period. Works identified as being by this group appear regularly at auction. Since 2000 the record price for ...

The Dutch School, 17th Century comprised a group of artists active in this region in the period. Works identified as being by this group appear regularly at auction. What is Dutch School, 17th Century ...