A 16th-century Florentine noblewoman, Lisa Gherardini was the wife of a successful silk merchant named Francesco del Giocondo ...
The “Mona Lisa,” painted by Leonardo da Vinci in the early 16th century ... of the most famous artworks in the world. Housed in the Louvre Museum in Paris, this captivating portrait draws ...
The extraordinary life of the outstanding artist of the 16th Century. Hans Holbein the Younger became court painter to Henry VIII and was regarded as a phenomenon in his day for his ability to bring ...
The 16th-century portrait, once attributed to Bronzino and owned by Horace Walpole, hadn't been seen for 200 years. Lavinia Fontana, Portrait of a noblewoman (ca. 1580-90). Collection of Nick Cox ...