Miniature portraits, from one inch in diameter up to tennis ball sized, started getting popular among Europeans in the sixteenth century. If a husband was going traveling, both spouses would keep an ...

The 16th-century portrait, once attributed to Bronzino and owned by Horace Walpole, hadn't been seen for 200 years. Lavinia Fontana, Portrait of a noblewoman (ca. 1580-90). Collection of Nick Cox ...

A fascinating niche in antique collectibles is what we call miniature portraits on ivory. Don't let the word "ivory" confuse you because that factor is not discernable. If you have seen very small ...

The rediscovery of an exquisite 16th-century miniature portrait has reignited centuries-old speculation about a possible romantic entanglement between William Shakespeare and his first patron, Henry ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A new exhibit at the ...

Alexander the Great's 1,800-year-old miniature bronze portrait has been discovered by the metal detectorists on an island in Denmark. While undertaking survey work in a field west of Ringsted, a city ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Most weekdays, Ruth A. Williams works patiently with the elderly clients she serves as a home-care ...

On March 26, 1863, Amalia Kussner was born to her German immigrant parents, Lorenz and Emmaline Kussner. Her father would start a music store in Terre Haute. From a young age it was clear that Amalia ...

Even while museums are closed, art matters in our lives. In this series, Lagniappe presents a different work each week from the collection of the New Orleans Museum of Art, with commentary from a ...