Masterpiece Story: The Cardsharps by Caravaggio
The Cardsharps is an early masterpiece of Baroque art by Caravaggio that explores the revolutionary theme of crooked card playing. Let’s delve...
James W Singer 11 January 2026
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Masterpiece Story: Saskia as Flora by Rembrandt
Rembrandt van Rijn married Saskia van Uylenburgh in 1634. They were together for only eight years before she died after childbirth, probably from...
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Masterpiece Story: Fortune Teller by Georges de La Tour
The Fortune Teller is one of Georges de La Tour’s early masterpieces. The Baroque oil painting, once questioned by the Louvre Museum for its...
Anna Ingram 11 January 2026
Masterpiece Story: Children Eating Grapes and a Melon by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
Children Eating Grapes and a Melon, currently located in the Alte Pinakothek, is one of the most famous paintings by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo. This...
Vithória Konzen Dill 11 January 2026
Masterpiece Story: Young Bacchus by Mary Beale
Mary Beale is a rarity: a prolific, well-documented, successful, 17th-century woman artist. Her painting of Young Bacchus perfectly illustrates how...
Catriona Miller 11 January 2026
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Sandra Juszczyk 9 January 2026
The Miniature Rooms of Narcissa Niblack Thorne
The Thorne miniature rooms are the brainchild of Narcissa Thorne, who crafted them between 1932 and 1940 on a 1:12 scale. Incredibly detailed and...
Maya M. Tola 9 January 2026
The Tiny Big World of Kamal al-din Bihzad—A Persian Miniature Painter
Here we want to present you with the story of Kamal al-din Bihzad, a renowned Persian miniature painter and head of the royal ateliers in Herat and...
Magda Michalska 9 January 2026
