Despite a short life marred by brawls, arrests and even murder, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, better known simply as ...

The 17th century was the era of the Baroque, a style bringing passion, colour and drama to painting, sculpture, architecture ...

Our year-end summary explores lots that were in the spotlight, whether for the right or wrong reasons. Which lot was most disappointing? Which lots by which artists sold at the highest margins above ...

Art, as a mirror of society, evolves dynamically over time . Movements, or ldquo;isms rdquo;, influence one another through reactions, innovations, and reinterpretations .

9.75 x 14.75 in. (24.8 x 37.5 cm.) ...

This German city in the heart of Bavaria embraces the past and present in its sprawling city streets. Despite so much going ...

20.75 x 32.5 in. (52.7 x 82.6 cm.) ...

Italian officials said they had dismantled a Europe-wide network of forgers and dealers selling works purported to be by A-list artists, mostly through auction houses. By Elisabetta Povoledo ...

Italian police say they have exposed a vast forgery network operating across Europe, dealing in counterfeit artworks attributed to some of the most celebrated artists of the modern and ...

During the course of the 17th century, Poland and Sweden fought a series of wars, so Zosia could have been an outsider within her community. Europe in the 17th century was also in the grip of what ...