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Babylon fallsCatering to the 19th-century appetite for dramatic historical art, this 1835 mezzotint by English artist John Martin (later colorized) imagines the forces of Cyrus conquering Babylon.

At Sotheby’s Old Masters and 19th-century paintings evening sale last Thursday, UK chairman Harry Dalmeny fielded bids from potential buyers with wispy silver crowns and bespoke pinstriped tailoring.

It’s an image that, remarkably, might never have come to be if not for one unlikely painting. In the clip below, Murray opens up about a particular night, his first on stage, and how a dreadful ...

The new exhibition ‘Atelier Bouts’ introduces visitors to the science behind 15th-century painting techniques. Six iconic masterpieces from the studio of the Flemish Master Dieric Bouts are examined ...

A 17th-century painting looted by the Nazis during World War II and displayed at London’s Tate Gallery for over 30 years will soon be returned. A centuries-old painting that was seized from a ...

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In the same year, a Berlin museum said it had formally restituted a 15th-century religious wooden sculpture to the heirs of the former owners, a Jewish couple who fled the Nazi regime. The jewel of ...

Tate Britain is set to return a 17th century painting to the family of a Jewish Belgian art collector. The work by Henry Gibbs, titled Aeneas And His Family Fleeing Burning Troy, was taken from ...

Tate Britain is set to return a 17th century painting to the family of a Jewish Belgian art collector after the work was taken from his home during the German occupation. The Spoliation Advisory ...

A 17th-century painting looted by Nazis from the home of a Jewish Belgian art collector is being returned to his family by Tate Britain. The government’s Spoliation Advisory Panel recommended the ...