A tiny portrait of Mary Magdalene by Raphael has sold at auction for $3.1 million. The delicate oil painting measures less ...

1580-90). Collection of Nick Cox Period Portraits. Courtesy of Strawberry Hill House and Gardens. A miniature portrait of an Italian noblewoman, long believed to be by Bronzino, has been ...

With dreamlike imagery and bold patterns, contemporary Iranian artists have reinterpreted the Persian miniature tradition.

A self-portrait of Raphael at age 23 Public domain ... but they know that the other lateral panel was a miniature painting of Saint Catherine of Alexandria, which is now housed in the Galleria ...

Valentine's Day is almost here, but the true essence of the holiday - showing some extra love to your partner, friends, family, and most importantly, yourself - should still be the assignment long ...

American painter Sarah Goodridge's "Beauty Revealed" is largely believed to be one of the first documented "nudes" ever sent.

The 18th-century painting by Charles Willson Peale had previously been the subject of mismanaged restoration attempts. Now, experts in Versailles are bringing it back in line with the artist's origina ...

A good example of this would be the annual postcards published pre-war by St Aloysius’ College, in which the peripheral outline of Malta frames miniature portraits of all the alumni and teachers.

Uncover the world's oldest surviving personal portrait, a 26,000-year-old mammoth ivory carving from Dolní Věstonice, Czech ...

The exhibit includes 135 handmade antique dolls — some that were made by enslaved people — and about 60 period photographs ...

From muscle-bound castles to lavish manor houses, the world is filled with fine stately homes – and many of them happen to be ...