MILAN (CNN) -- In the heart of Milan sits a 15th-century palazzo that has a history as rich as the city itself. Built for relatives of the powerful Sforza family, which ruled Milan from 1450 to ...

This fanciful painting, and many others, are the work of Giuseppe Arcimboldo, a painter from Milan, Italy, born around 1526, who was employed as court artist to Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I at the ...

A 16th century painting stolen from its Italian-Jewish owner and sold by France’s Vichy government that was recently returned to his heirs is being auctioned off. “Christ Carrying the Cross ...

She’s the artful dodger. The ex-wife of a late British baron refuses to hand over a 16th-century painting that was stolen from an Italian museum more than 50 years ago — even though she ...

Art World What Can Bamboo Be? In Milan, ... the exhibition—set within the 16th-century monastery Chiostri di San Simpliciano and curated by Pestellini Laparelli with his studio 2050+—brings ...

A 16th-century painting stolen from an English manor house and later recovered at a bus stop has sold for an astonishing $22.3 million. “The Rest on the Flight into Egypt,” is an early work by ...

16th century painting by Italian master Raphael coming to S.F. By Sam Whiting , Reporter Updated Aug 13, 2015 3:32 p.m. "Portrait of a Lady with a Unicorn" by Raphael dates to 1505-1506.