Workshop of Hendrik Goltzius after Hendrik Goltzius, Arcas Preparing to Kill His Mother

Spectacle case of painted and gilded mother-of-pearl, ca. 1685-1688, containing a later pair of tortoise-shell and silver folding spectacles of 1700-1725, probably made in France. ...

Purse of mother-of-pearl, England, 1600-1630. Purse made from two half-shells of mother-of-pearl. Pear-shaped with the shells joined only at the very bottom and with the brown silk...

Renoir once quipped that had God not created the female breast, he might never have become an artist. Indeed, the full, womanly bosom figures prominently in Renoir's loving portray...

Portrait of a man in a black top hat. He also wears a brown jacket and a black waistcoat. He is holding papers in both hands. Stamp at bottom left of page reads 'Bristol Paper' aro...

Nicolaes Maes initiated his artistic studies in his native city and completed his training in Rembrandt’s studio where he worked from the late 1640s until 1653. From his early year...