It’s difficult to imagine a time when images of our faces were not only rare and expensive, but treated almost as sacred objects. But in 15th- and 16th-century Europe, portraits were often obscured ...

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In their naturalism and immediacy, Renaissance portraits communicate to us across time. But as the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s exhibition “Hidden Faces: Covered Portraits of the Renaissance” ...

A previously unknown 1517 drawing by the Northern Renaissance master Hans Baldung Grien has surfaced after 500 years and is headed to auction. Hans Baldung Grien, Portrait of Susanna Pfeffinger ...

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Portrait of a Woman, painted by Italian Renaissance master Giovanni Battista Moroni, is joining the Frick’s permanent collection. Fine Art Images / Heritage Images / Getty Images The Frick Collection ...

An enigmatic painting from Renaissance master Sandro Botticelli will go on auction next year and art watchers will be seeing if it fetches more than its eye-watering $80 million estimate, despite the ...

We all have a lot of time on our hands right now and it’s making us bored, idle, and ready to try out virtually anything. A lot of us have turned to creative work such as painting. Unleashing your ...

How Renaissance painters brought human presence to the fore. By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and agree to receive occasional promotional ...

Surprise! Artificial intelligence-generated portraits based off artwork from 15th century Europe... kind of suck at depicting people of color. Because we're apparently always ready to hand over our ...