It took five years of verification and restoration to prepare the 1607 Caravaggio for auction. It is expected to go for $170 ...

While inspecting a sumptuous villa in Rome, an electrician stumbled across long lost works by the Baroque painter Carlo ...

enlarged and embellished in the 16th century by King François I, who wanted to make it a “new Rome”. Surrounded by an immense park, the palace, to which notable Italian artists contributed, combines ...

French admiral Claude d’Annebault knew his ... for this project. Directing a team of artists, Desceliers produced the illustrated, annotated map, full of geographic features both real and ...

The Art Institute is home to one of the greatest collections of 19th-century French art outside of France. By comparison, our 17th- and 18th-century French collection was less comprehensive.