A new biography explores how Hans Holbein’s portraits shaped the public image and enduring legacy of England’s most famous ...

Historian Kate Williams discusses one treasured item Elizabeth I wore until her dying day, which may signal her lasting love ...

Cue up the international intrigue, including a dicey bit of a U.S. and Canada conflagration and it’s off we go! Penny’s novel ...

A 16th century painting of Thomas Howard, the 4th Duke of Norfolk, has become the most expensive Elizabethan portrait to date ...

Portrait of Temple Grandin” by David Lenz, oil on canvas, 2022. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; acquired ...

A forgotten piece of equipment gets a second chance as we test whether it can fire up and move after years of sitting still.

Becket’s shrine in Canterbury Cathedral — was destroyed by King Henry VIII in 1538, to this day pilgrims walk along that ...

The rediscovered artwork, which depicts Jean Renoir with his nanny, Gabrielle Renard, had been held in private hands for many years ...

In Northanger Abbey, Catherine Moreland’s first ball at the Upper Rooms in Bath is filled with anxiety, as: “The season was ...

Up until now, it has been believed that only Homo sapiens could have created Paleolithic cave art. Neanderthals, modern humans’ closest extinct kin, who died out 30,000 years ago, were thought to be ...

Renoir left behind many paintings of young children. Cyril Siamat and Marie Delbar, curators at the Giverny Impressionist ...