Christie’s is kicking off the new year with news of an exciting discovery for collectors of American art and folk art. At its upcoming sale in New York on January 24, the auction house is ...

A stunning set of pictures has surfaced showing a harem of wives clicked by the 19th century Indian king, Maharaja Ram ... the Maharaja often clicked portraits of his wives when they weren't ...

The portraits came with a set of painted lenses to layer over the top: a lens to dress Charles up as a nun, as a King, or even to ... by the 19th century, small portraits were mass-produced ...

The story of the affair between king Zygmunt August and Barbara Radziwiłłówna served as an inspiration for a large group of Polish painters in the middle of the 19th century. Besides Simmler ... who ...