Artnet

Restoration Reveals Famous 18th Century Master’s Hidden Self-Portrait

Then there’s the relationship between the characters themselves. The central figure, a clown character alternatively referred to as Pierrot or Gilles—hence the two titles—is thought to have been based ...
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Museum Scoops Three Masterpieces by Overlooked 18th Century Portrait Painter

In a bid to expand its holding of historical art by women, Luxembourg’s National Museum of History and Art has acquired three works by the 18th century French portrait painter Monique Daniche. Though ...
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The hidden tension in a famous painting by Thomas Gainsborough

Thomas Gainsborough’s Mr and Mrs Andrews appears at first to be a refined portrait of 18th-century privilege. Look closer, ...
The New York Times

Looted by Nazis, an 18th-Century Painting Resurfaces. But Not for Long.

The artwork had been missing for 80 years before Dutch journalists spotted it in a real estate listing in Argentina. By Claire Moses Reporting from Amsterdam Where is “Portrait of a Lady,” an ...