Specifically, an interview with historian Rebecca Simon on the real-life buccaneer bylaws that shaped ... after gold and jewels and treasure. In the 17th and 18th centuries, "treasure" just ...

Portrait of a Boy was painted by Dutch master Ferdinand Bol in the 17th century, which shows an eight-year-old boy standing in the foreground holding a goblet while resting his other hand on his hip.

Charles Gehring, with the help of colleague Janny Venema, completed translations on about 80 percent of 12,000 pages of 17th-century Dutch records of life from Manhattan to Albany and across the ...

For Nilsson, who painstakingly rebuilt Zosia’s face using clay placed on a 3D-printed model of her skull, it was emotional to see the young woman as she likely appeared in life. “I’m used to ...

Apparently executed during a late 17th century restoration of Cupid and Psyche, the forgotten works were in pristine condition and had been hidden for nearly two centuries. “My first feeling was ...