art historian “We can say that the modern art system began in 17th-century Europe,” Volpi tells The Art Newspaper. “I often tell my students that Rome in the first half of the 17th century ...

An exceptionally rare 17th-century painting featuring a Black ... a public art gallery with collections of Neapolitan art, Northern European medieval art, British portraiture, and British folk ...

The curators hope the Met show will not only raise Pareja’s profile as an important 17th-century artist, but underscore how slave labor underpinned Spain’s art and culture during its “Golden ...

THOMASTON, Maine (WMTW) - A rare 17th-century painting by the famous painter Rembrandt ... “Usually, they’re found in Europe because that’s where most of them were,” Art appraiser Kaja ...

Two 17th century paintings were recently donated to the Louvre Museum in Paris after experts identified the descendants of the original owner. Floris van Schooten's Still-Life with Ham and Peter ...

representatives of the “races” Europe would invent. We come now to 17th-century Holland, a new Protestant republic, where artists painted on spec in a brand-new commercial art market.

A rare 17th-century painting by the famous painter Rembrandt will soon go to its new home after being sold for more than $1 million. The highly sought-after painting was found in a house in Maine.