Cristina Roccati graduated from the University of Bologna when few other Italian women earned degrees, and she taught physics ...

Historical documents of the 18th century indicate clearly that in the ... and one might even say that they lived in harmony. Portraits of Princess Ogińska depict a slim, rather svelte woman. We have ...

Angelika Kauffmann was an Austrian painter best known for her Neoclassical portraits of 18th-century British high society and historical paintings. Born on October 30, 1741 in Graubünden, Switzerland, ...

Romney was one of the leading society portrait painters of 18th-century Britain and his paintings ... his Study of a seated lady and Study of a standing woman both sold for £1,664 ($2,105 ...

A small museum in northern France has announced the surprise discovery of a new masterpiece by Lavinia Fontana, one of the most celebrated woman painters ... Douai in the 18th century,” on ...

Portrait of Captain Thomas Coram, founder of the Coram Hospital which gives 'Coram Boy' it's name, painted in 1740 by William Hogarth Coram Boy is set in the 18th century between 1741 and 1750.