“He lived in a haphazard fashion,” wrote Italian Renaissance art historian Giorgio Vasari ... drawn world of serenity and beauty in his paintings of religious scenes, mythological stories ...

Here are ten famous works by the beloved Dutchman. Rembrandt’s painting of the mother of Perseus ... one of 13 artworks stolen during a 1990 art heist at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum ...

The epoch of the great private collectors ... because of the development of the techniques for reproducing works of art."..."Painting and music," he said, "have at last discovered their printing ...

It is "one of the great masterpieces of the ... it is poised to become the most valuable work of art by a living artist ever sold at auction." The painting will be exhibited in Hong Kong, London ...