Alberti's Window

Yesterday I came across the strangest portrait I have ever seen. Take a look at Lavinia Fontana's portrait of Antonietta Gonzalez (al...

I've always liked royal portraits. It's always fun to see how a monarch decides to visually assert his/her power, prestige, wisdom,...

Have you heard the story of how Thomas Jefferson was nearly killed by the artist John H. I. Browere? The elderly, retired statesman and ex-...

Camille Pissarro, Portrait of Cezanne , 1874 I just stumbled across this portrait of Cezanne. I'd never seen a portrait of the Ce...

Many art history students are introduced to Chuck Close's art with this painting: Big Self Portrait , 1967-1968 Close is really in...

If a famous artist like Leonardo da Vinci passed you on the street, would you recognize him? There is little doubt that you would instantly...

I never thought I would be interested in reading an article in my father-in-law's Radiology magazine. However, I was intrigued that ...

Like most people who study art, I was taught that Goya's portrait, Family of Charles IV (1800-1801) , is a caricature of the royal famil...

Keeping with this week's theme of stolen art, I am particularly interested in the story regarding the portrait Georgiana, Duchess of Dev...

Before Christmas, I worked on a project which involved scanning and transcribing the letters of a WWII soldier (Grandpa B) to his wife (Gran...