When art conservators in the United Kingdom were cleaning a 17th-century Dutch seascape, they found a surprise: an image of a beached whale that had been hidden for at least 150 years.

Conservation Uncovers Beached Whale in 17th Century Dutch Landscape Painting Detail of Hendrick van Anthonissen, View of Scheveningen Sands (circa 1641) before and after conservation. Courtesy the ...

Kimbell exhibition showcases the Dutch Golden Age of the 17th century 125 works on loan from Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts include portraits, landscapes, still lifes and scenes of everyday life ...

“The most important 17th-century painters from Holland were Vermeer, Rembrandt and then Frans Hals—who Dutch people don’t know was born in Antwerp and went after the fall of Antwerp with his ...

This 17th-Century Dutch Painting Was Rescued From a Dusty Barn Attic in Connecticut. ... rather than the true portrayal of its native landscape,” according to Sotheby’s.

Repping your hood is at least as old as 17th-century Netherlands, according to a new book by an art historian. University of Kansas professor Linda Stone-Ferrier’s new book, “The Little Street ...

The Cleveland Museum of Art just acquired an outstanding 17th-century Dutch nautilus cup for $1.5 million from an auction of Rothschild family items offered at Christie’s in New York earlier ...

When art conservators in the United Kingdom were cleaning a 17th-century Dutch seascape, they found a surprise: an image of a beached whale that had been hidden for at least 150 years. Until ...

Painted in 1666, "View of Olinda, Brazil, With Ruins of the Jesuit Church" is a masterpiece by Frans Post, one of the first European-trained artists to depict the landscapes of Dutch Brazil ...