When we admire great works of art, we rarely think about who the people depicted on the paintings are. Behind some famous ...

The 17th-century artist is known for his individual portraits and group likenesses that are the opposite of dull, Greek mythological paintings ... famous works by the beloved Dutchman. Rembrandt ...

While the most expensive paintings ever sold tend to ... A 1636 self-portrait by Rembrandt, The Standard Bearer shows the famous artist in the costume of a standard bearer (carrier of a flag ...

The 1513 portrait “An Old Woman” by Flemish artist Quinten Massys might well be one of the Renaissance’s most famous paintings ... as seen in Rembrandt’s paintings of old women from ...

Throughout the history of art, artists and paintings ... of colours and textures. Rembrandt's ‘The Night Watch’ is known as the epitome of chiaroscuro technique. Famous for its dynamic ...