“Italy in the 17th century was a place of opportunity for foreign artists,” says Hall, a veteran Old Master dealer. “It’s similar to how artists such as Arshile Gorky and Willem de Kooning ...

Woman Begging With Two Children is one of ten oil paintings attributed to the so-called Master of the Blue Jeans, who was active in Italy in the latter half of the 17th century. Galerie Canesso, Paris ...

Clothing from 1600s shipwreck shows how the 1 percent lived. First thought to belong to an English lady-in-waiting, the lavish silk clothing from a 17th-century Dutch vessel is just one of many ...

The 17th century painting disappeared in 2013 from a castle near the northern Italian city of Turin. The Caravaggio-style artwork, estimated to be priced around €200,000 captures a judge ...