A 16th-century painting, by the Italian Renaissance master Giovanni Battista Moroni, will go on display at the Frick Madison on Thursday. By Sarah Bahr From a gilded frame, a red-haired woman eyes ...

16th century painting dubbed The Old Duchess for 150 years could just be a portrait of a cross-dressing man, new research says. Quentin Massys’ well-known portrait 'An Old Woman' could be a ...

A nonprofit has identified 2,000 works by women artists that had been stashed in Italy's public museums and damp churches. It's also supported restoration of 70 works from the 16th to 20th centuries.

Leonardo da Vinci's ‘Mona Lisa’ is one of the most famous and most celebrated portraits in art history. Painted in the early 16th century, ‘Mona Lisa’ has an aura of mystery and allure to it.

The hidden meanings in a 16th-Century female nude. 20 November 2024. Share Save. ... the women encountered in portraits from this time are portrayed primarily in relation to the traits of ideal ...

Hans Holbein the Younger acted as a matchmaker to Henry VIII, painting portraits of potential wives in a bid to safeguard the future of the throne.

Nupi Keithel, or Women’s Market, a 16th-century bazaar in which all of the vendors are women, is a fountainhead of social and political activism in the Indian state of Manipur.

Acquisitions round up: the Met acquires 16th-century portrait of pope's banker. ... Black Men and Women in a Tavern (around 1650) Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, New Hampshire.

Fingers started wagging when 16th-century European women began wearing masks to protect their skin and hide their identities. HISTORY MAGAZINE; In 1500s Europe, masks were fashionable—and ...