A rare portrait by celebrated painter Francis Bacon sold for £43.4 million ($52.8 million) at Sotheby’s London on Wednesday, the first time the artwork has been auctioned in its almost six-decade history.”Study for Portrait of ...
Decades-long research into Leonardo da Vinci’s purported remains has revealed how many people currently alive can claim to be descendants of the family of the Renaissance genius and “Mona Lisa” painter: It’s 14.The findings, published ...
A lost masterpiece by 13th-century Florentine painter Cimabue has been found in a kitchen near Paris. “Christ Mocked” is expected to fetch up to 6 million Euros ($6.59 million) at auction next month, according to Jerome ...