Mourning Figures: possibly a copy after a fresco by Cimabue

The motif of the fresco is possibly an interior from Carl Wilhelmson’s villa in Fiskebäskil (the building was completed in 1913), which depicts one of the family members from a vie...

An early copy after a colossal painting in Tintoretto in the church of S. Maria dell 'Orto in Venice. The original painting has been seen by the older research as a work of the Hun...

The Royal Chapel of St Casimir in Vilnius Cathedral is the masterpiece of Lithuanian Baroque. Beside expressive paintings there are two huge frescoes decorating its eastern and wes...

This panel of the Virgin and Child is the oldest painting in the Thyssen-Bornemisza collection. Its attribution to the Master of the Magdalen was made by Evelyn Sandberg-Vavalà and...

In December 1577 a fire broke out on the ground floor of the Doge’s Palace in Venice, resulting in serious damage to the decoration, walls, ceilings and furnishings of various room...

White cotton headscarf, part of the mourning dress of a kotomisi. An all-white angisa indicates the initial period of mourning. Gradually more colours may be worn, from black/blue ...

During the 16th century portraiture was the leading genre in England and almost the only one to which artists could devote themselves following the events of the early 1530s, the c...