James Alexander Simpson, Portrait, possibly of Mary Ann Tritt ... The work is likely one of the first paintings commissioned by a person born into slavery in the U.S., and tells a fascinating ...

As a portrait of a marriage ... even more ambitious than a feminist recovery of a mostly forgotten wife of a famous writer. In her “Introduction,” Peri describes her book as: “an intimate ...

Beneath a famous Titian painting, researchers have uncovered a portrait of an “unknown professional man.” The never-before-seen piece has been hidden behind the Italian Renaissance artist’s ...

The Italian painter was often inspired by Christianity, including dramatic and sometimes violent Bible stories in his art: Some of his more famous ... to see [the portrait] in person,” as ...

said it discovered the mystery woman's portrait by using the imaging technology to further examine one of Picasso's very first paintings from his famous Blue Period. The conservators took x-ray ...

UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #2: This is a story that predates ... And so there's this very famous Revolutionary War-era portrait artist, a man who painted presidents, people like George Washington.

However, the Lear interviews give it a distinctive edge and make it more than the usual documentary recounting some famous person’s life. Elsewhere, “Enigma” sticks to a conventional format.

Beneath a famous Titian painting, researchers have uncovered a portrait of an “unknown professional man.” The never-before-seen piece has been hidden behind the Italian Renaissance artist’s ...