The return of Rembrandt’s abandoned lover
Geertje Dircx cared for the painter’s wife and son. But she ended up imprisoned in a House of Correction when she asked him for money to support herself after they’d lived together for eight years
The mystery of the Mona Lisa is not in her smile, but in the ingredients Da Vinci used to paint her
A group of French analysts suggest that the Renaissance painter, who liked to experiment, used a mixture of oil with lead oxide for the first layer of La Gioconda
A lost Rembrandt painting at the end of the world?
Liu Zhijiang, a businessman from the planet’s southernmost city, claims to have found a previously unknown work by the Dutch Baroque master
One of the largest private collections of art on paper hides in plain sight in the heart of Paris
Since the mid-20th century, the foundation created by Frits Lugt has collected thousands of drawings and prints by renowned European masters like Leonardo da Vinci, Rembrandt and Goya