Step into 14th-century Siena and discover how artists broke from tradition and pioneered new ways of storytelling. Don't miss this once-in-a-lifetime celebration marking the rise of Western painting.

Massys was the leading painter in Antwerp in the early 16th century. He was born in Louvain and his earliest works show the influence of Memling, who had been active in Bruges. His later works show ...

Rachel Ruysch was born in The Hague, the daughter of the botanist, physician and anatomist, Frederik Ruysch. Her family settled in Amsterdam when she was young and she trained there with the still ...

Step into 14th-century Siena and discover how artists broke from tradition and pioneered new ways of storytelling. Don't miss this once-in-a-lifetime celebration marking the rise of Western painting.

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

Zanobi Strozzi came from a wealthy Florentine family. He was a close follower of Fra Angelico; according to Vasari he was Angelico's pupil, although there is no documented contact. He is documented ...

This is one of the panels that decorated Pierfrancesco Borgherini’s bedroom in his palace in Florence. They tell the Old Testament story of Joseph and were probably originally set into furniture. Five ...

Find out why sunflowers represented happiness for Van Gogh. Learn how he experimented with colour to capture mood and express identity. The Sunflowers is one of the most popular paintings in the ...

Two panels by Botticelli, one by Filipino Lippi, one each by Domenico and Davide Ghirlandaio, and two others are discussed. All have vegetable black underdrawings on gesso primings, and all have many ...

This self-guided short tour will take you on a journey from the French countryside to the streets of Paris and showcases 5 examples of impressionist art by masters such as Cézanne, Degas, and Monet.