Analysis of the original pigments through use of infrared photography, by scientists at the Fitzwilliam, has revealed the under drawings underdrawings ... by almost half a century.

Leonardo da Vinci, “Grotesque Head of an Old Woman” (1489/1490) (image courtesy National Gallery of Art) The National ... individual and a possible 15th-century joke. The work was promised ...

A piece of possible fan art offering a behind-the ... making has been found in the margins of a 15th-century edition of Dante’s Divine Comedy. The drawing shows Michelangelo at work carving ...

The drawing is thought to be one of the artist’s early works, from around the end of the 15th century. It reproduces ... looking back at artists that preceded him, in this particular case ...

When Fisher says “this,” she’s referring to a miniature work of art that has been drawing countless heads and plenty of press since its May completion. The Fisher Dollhouse is a 10-room, ...

D.C., which specializes in Asian art and culture. Today, the jugs provide fascinating windows into an ancient culture. In the 16th century, a tea ritual arose around them. In homes, separate areas ...