Imogen Tedbury is cataloguing the earlier Italian paintings at the Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, with Nicholas Penny.
One of history’s most mysterious political paintings might hold lessons for our own time – if we could make out the meaning
An accomplished musician as well as a painter, Lorenzo Costa was perfectly placed to capture the changing fashions and shifting social etiquette of his day
In his striking pastoral and biblical scenes, the 16th-century Venetian painter turned beasts into sensitive protagonists
The Musée Jacquemart-André shows that the painter was always open to new influences
David Young Kim’s ingenious study of grounds and figures takes the reader on an unfamiliar journey through familiar territory
The painter’s use of gold in his works suggests a debt to earlier artists – and reveals a more antiquarian side of 15th-century Florence
The pioneering advocate for women’s rights has inspired many attempts to catch her likeness and spirit – but what can these portraits tell us about her legacy?
The painting at Royal Holloway presents a more reflective side of the tireless campaigner
