The Bard, or not the Bard? That is the question posed by Monday's unveiling of a centuries-old portrait of a dark-eyed, handsome man in Elizabethan finery. Experts say it is the only portrait of ...

Many years ago I purchased a large painting during an auction at Christie’s New York gallery. Catalogued as a 19th-century British school portrait, the piece actually dated to the late 16th century.

Engraved portrait of Andrew Cant (1584/1590–1663). Line engraving by Samuel Freeman after an unknown artist. Titled: 'Andrew Cant, from the original in Marischal College, Aberdeen'. You may use this ...

Working with four specialists, a Shakespeare scholar in Germany has refuted the claim of the picture restorer and owner Alec Cobbe that the "Cobbe portrait", in his family's possession for centuries, ...

Though few Washingtonians know of him, most of us carry some of Thomas Hipschen’s art every day. His portraits of Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Jackson, Ulysses S. Grant, and Ben Franklin are cut into ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Louis XVI, King of France from 1774 ...