A new exhibition at the Met is the first to examine the tradition of covered 15th- and 16th-century portraits, which were designed to be interactive and often portable Meilan Solly - Senior Associate ...
“Hidden Faces: Covered Portraits of the Renaissance,” a new exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, will be the first ever to showcase the history of a peculiar and little-known practice of ...
Sandro Botticelli, "Portrait of a young man holding a roundel," tempera on poplar panel, 23 by 15 ½ inches. (all images courtesy of Sotheby's) What is the price of beauty? According to Sotheby's, it's ...
A new film offers a sympathetic portrait of the 15th-century ruler, who seized the crown from his nephew before dying on the battlefield Based on a True Story Meilan Solly - Senior Associate Digital ...
(AP) Britain’s Royal Collection Trust is going Pop Art with the purchase of four famous Andy Warhol portraits of Queen Elizabeth II. The colorful screenprints are based on a formal photograph of the ...