Engraved on its oblong, flat surface is an unidentified symbol, which resembles two asterisk marks. It could be the mark of a ...

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

An unassuming Tudor hunting lodge in the Cumbrian district in the U.K. just gave up a wild secret: rare wall paintings from the 16th century that depict a host of truly fantastical beasts.

which uncannily suggests the late Rembrandts of a century later. But none has quite the pathos of what was likely his very last painting, “Pietà” (1575-76), planned to mark his own tomb in ...

In the early 16th century, the area beneath Mr. Renzoni ... smooth layer of plaster used in frescoed painting. Maratta was brought in to preserve the pictures in situ. The complicated intervention ...