Despite being a prolific draughtsman, fewer than 20 paintings by Leonardo survive. But which were his greatest hits?

Each artist left behind their own distinctive mark on the painting, now housed in the National Gallery of Art in Washington. Giovanni Bellini, Feast of the Gods (1514/1529). Courtesy of National ...

The Kimbell was outbid last year by an Italian investor who bought this painting for $26 million. But that wasn’t the end of ...

The mathematics underpinning the modern method of elliptic curve cryptography originated with Renaissance architect Filippo Brunelleschi ...

But art historians know little about ... de’ Benci was a celebrated beauty of the Italian Renaissance. Her likeness—the only da Vinci painting on permanent view in the Americas—was created ...

As a restorer who specialized in late medieval and early Renaissance paintings ... of the department of European paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, said in an email.

The Sistine Chapel in the Vatican owes its name to Pope Sixtus IV (1471-84), who commissioned it. The three-storey brick ...

Another hidden treasure for art enthusiasts is Musee Marmottan Monet. Tucked away in a quiet neighborhood, this museum boasts ...

The UK government has placed an export bar on a painting of the Virgin Mary by Sandro Botticelli valued at £10.2m. The work, ...

Wes Anderson fans will be in heaven this winter at the Design Museum in London which is showing more than 600 items from the ...

This unusual Renaissance painting was created by an anonymous artist and features a drooling dragon-dog, a farting baby, as ...

Both art and spirituality can be transcendent, and four artists will share how these intertwine for them at the Martha’s ...