Art history sleuths in Europe have determined that two separate portraits by a 17th-century Flemish artist actually belong together — and the two works of art have been reunited in a Danish museum.

Even by the standards of the 17th-century English gentry, the Verney family is exceptional in the number of heroes, rogues and oddballs it managed to produce, in each succeeding brood.

The Pope family settled in Isle of Wight County in the 17th century and their descendants are numerous in this area, especially in Southampton County. Other families connected include the Watts ...

The 18th Century. Many people find problems researching earlier than 1800. The Georgian period (1715-1837) saw incredible changes in society that also impacted on the records of the time.

A simple act led to an art history professor discovering a 17th century masterpiece that was thought to have been missing.. Church of the Holy Family is located just a few blocks from the campus ...

(CN) — A "virtual autopsy" has put a name to a 17th-century mummified child from an aristocratic Austrian family crypt. New research published in Frontiers of Medicine on Tuesday explains how a german ...