In 15th-century Italy, oil paints largely replaced egg-based tempera paints. But despite the shift, da Vinci and other old masters experimented with paints that mixed egg and oil together. Now ...

“Old Masters” such as Leonardo da Vinci, Sandro Botticelli and Rembrandt may have used proteins, especially egg yolk, in their oil paintings, according to a new study.

The oil paintings are believed to be by Dutch artist Samuel van Hoogstraten and Italian Pietro Bellotti, police said. A man found the paintings at a motorway service station on the A7 south of ...

Incoronazione della Vergine, an oil painting on canvas by Carlo Bononi Pigment-eating microbes play a part in degrading priceless paintings, but other microbes may help us to save them. Just like ...

An interdisciplinary team of researchers propose that Italian Renaissance masters – artists such as Sandro Botticelli and Leonardo da Vinci – added protein to their oil paintings to prevent wrinkling ...

The oil paintings are believed to be by Dutch artist Samuel van Hoogstraten and Italian Pietro Bellotti, police said. A man found the paintings at a motorway service station on the A7 south of ...