Created around 1503, the painting—which just sold at auction for $3.1 million—depicts the saint after the crucifixion of ...

In 1779, the American artist Charles Willson Peale painted a portrait of George Washington, depicting the president after an ...

With dreamlike imagery and bold patterns, contemporary Iranian artists have reinterpreted the Persian miniature tradition.

Art historians studying a painting by Pablo Picasso have uncovered the mysterious portrait of a woman, hidden beneath its surface. The portrait of the woman was lost when Picasso painted over it, ...

Young Amalia Kussner gazed out the second-floor window of her room and sketched the scenery of bustling, 1870s. A unique career in artistry was born. The next step in that trajectory came through a ...

The total value of an artist’s artworks sold at auction over a specific period. This metric reflects the artist’s overall market activity and demand in monetary terms. The middle value of all realized ...

click image for close-up When Elizabeth Freeman was nearly 70 years old, Susan Ridley Sedgewick painted a miniature portrait of her in watercolor on ivory. Sedgewick was the young wife of Theodore ...

The miniature is the only known colour depiction ... As well as owning the Peggy, he was also a member of the House of Keys. His portrait sits alongside his maternal grandfather, Sir George ...