He is said to have been taught by Baron Antoine-Jean Gros and to have studied with Victor Bertin. He exhibited at the Salon from 1834, specialising initially in landscapes, which he showed for the ...

This self-guided short tour will take you on a journey from Italy to Northern Europe and showcases five examples of early and High Renaissance art by masters such as Leonardo, Raphael and Titian.

Join us for an in-depth exploration of the life and work of Veronese, in a two-hour session complementing our 'Stories of art ...

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.

He was born in Montpellier, and trained in Paris and then visited Italy (1634-7). In Rome he was influenced by Poussin. He was one of the original members of the Parisian Academy. From 1652 to 1654 he ...

Holbein was one of the most accomplished portraitists of the 16th century. He spent two periods of his life in England (1526-8 and 1532-43), portraying the nobility of the Tudor court. Holbein's ...

This is the central panel of a large altarpiece made for the church of San Pier Maggiore, Florence. Christ crowns the Virgin, after her body and soul have been taken up to heaven. This was an ...

Rigaud was, with Largillierre, the leading French portrait painter of the later 17th and early 18th centuries. He was the principal official painter of Louis XIV, and also worked for his successor, ...

This painting was once thought to be a self portrait by Ducreux. However, it has since been identified as one of five pictures that he exhibited at the Royal Academy in London in 1791, where it may ...

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

Watch a painting demonstration to learn about the different properties of green pigments bound in egg tempera and those mixed with oil, and see how these were used to achieve very different effects in ...

Cezanne associated with the Impressionists, but always had other aims. He said that his ambition was to 'make of Impressionism something solid and durable like the art of museums'. Cezanne's work was ...