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 ...

A Renaissance portrait, “Portrait of Bia de’ Medici,” by Bronzino carries a story of loss and longing, writes Jin.

But despite the imperial crown and draping ermine donning the head and shoulders of Henry Hastings, the portrait oddly seems ...

A 16th-century portrait of Osman, the first sultan of the Ottoman Empire. Bridgeman Images Osman I, a leader of a nomadic Turkic tribe from Anatolia (modern-day Turkey), began conquering the ...

highly naturalistic” botanical still life — a tradition that wouldn’t be popularized until the following century.) By the 16th and 17th centuries, concealed portraits had became popular in ...

“Portraits and Politics” is split into six thematic sections that follow the Medici from the early 16th century, when the family was newly returned from exile and struggling to maintain ...

showing how some of the most famous painters and paintings in history would have looked had camera technology been invented in the 16th century. The creative team, led by British digital artist ...

A Philadelphia college student has finally met his match – in a 16th century painting ... his doppelganger in the Italian artwork, titled “Portrait of a Nobleman with Dueling Gauntlet.” ...