Covered Portraits of the Renaissance” demonstrates, there was often more to them than first appearances suggest. Double-sided or fitted with movable covers, many 15th- and 16th-century portraits ...

These values are visually represented within several Renaissance ... 16th century by The Mona Lisa, which represented a revolution in portraiture that became a blueprint for succeeding portraits.

A keen observer as well as celebrated wit, Arcimboldo created composite portraits that were both ... 1566, a "triumph" of modern art in the 16th century, one art historian says.

Portrait of a Gentleman ... Originally attributed to Pieter Pourbus, a Flemish Renaissance artist who worked in Bruges during the 16th century, the painting depicts an austere man and his ...

A small museum in northern France has announced the surprise discovery of a new masterpiece by Lavinia Fontana, one of the most celebrated woman painters of the Italian Renaissance. The lost work ...