The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum houses four paintings by Dutch masters that represent a variety of ... focusing on presenting Rembrandt himself demonstrates his own virtuosity as an artist. During ...

By Rhoda Feng Quick! Which 17th-century female artist fought her way into the male-dominated art world, prevailed in a rape trial and alchemized her struggles into revolutionary art? If the name ...

More than 3,000 handwoven Persian carpets, some dating back to the 17th century, will soon be available in Ras Al Khaimah. The collection showcases detailed designs and patterns lasting for ...

During the course of the 17th century, Poland and Sweden fought a series of wars, so Zosia could have been an outsider within her community. Europe in the 17th century was also in the grip of what ...

The 17 coins date to the 16th and 17th centuries. Polish “Husaria ... there was an inn about a kilometer away [during] the 16th century, and we know from earlier discoveries of similar ...

A dazzling 17th-century atlas of the stars and planets will go on display for the first time in Norfolk next weekend, fresh out of conservation work with its pages as brilliant as if newly hand ...

With a sickle across her neck and a padlock on her left big toe, the corpse of a young woman found in northern Poland would have been unable to rise from her unmarked grave, according to local 17th ...

Many brides-to-be (and editors) were heavily invested in Katherine Ormerod’s mission to find the perfect wedding dress (reader: if you missed this continent-spanning mission, 120 gowns were ...

View of a section of a series of frescoes discovered during works at Rome's Villa Farnesina. Photo by Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP Rosy-cheeked cherubs surrounded by hues of blue, red and gold have lost ...

Prince Edward and Prince William's wives "adjusted" to royal life following their weddings ...