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Aert de Gelder, Esther and Mordecai, circa 1685, oil on canvas, 23 1/2 × 56 1/2 in., Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, Museum Appropriation Fund, 17.138
The Book of Esther in the Age of Rembrandt

The Book of Esther…

Raphaelle Peale, A Dessert, 1814.
Reframed: Feasts Depicted Throughout Art History
Museum-goers, this author included, are often guilty of walking past still life paintings of food, dismissing them as dull and anodyne. Yet, taking in the context of when they were created, these…
Jacob van Ruisdael landscape painting of a windmill
Beyond Rembrandt: 7 Other Noteworthy Dutch Old Masters
While Rembrandt and Vermeer remain perhaps the most famous painters of the era, there are a plentitude of other Dutch Golden Age artists worth remembering.
colored woodblock print of a giant wave crashing at sea with small boats beneath it
Printmaking Techniques You Should Know
For many, the term “printmaking” may conjure images of Enlightenment-era political cartoons or perhaps a Renaissance printing press, but printmaking is one of the oldest human art forms.
Photograph of Pablo Picasso, summer 1912
Fake Masterpieces Seized in Italian Art Forgery Workshop Raid

Just last week, Italian authorities raided a home in the north of Rome, uncovering a slew of forgeries. Tipped off by the sale of …

Photograph of Isabella Stewart Gardner in 1888
Isabella Stewart Gardner's Life and Collection

Famous for founding the Stewart Gardner Museum with her husband John L. “Jack” Gardner, Isabella Stewart Gardner (1840–1924) was a renowned nineteenth and early twentieth-century Boston…

Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art, 2013. License
One of Japan’s 20th Century Collections Under Threat of Liquidation

Despite holding one of the most emblematic collections of 20th century western art…

Rape of Europa, Titian
10 Must-See Works at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

A “must see” during any visit to Boston, the …

"Arrangement in Grey and Black No.1" (1871), Whistler's Mother
8 Artists Who Painted Their Mothers As Muses and Metaphors

When American painter James Abbott McNeill Whistler’s (1834-1903) portrait of his mother…

Leonardo da Vinci, Annunciation, c. 1472.
The Golden Ratio Revealed in 7 Masterpieces
For artistically-minded people, the golden ratio—or better yet, the divine proportion—might be easier to understand visually. Here are several examples of how the golden ratio can be applied to works…
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TEFAF Maastrict Dazzles with Old Masters, Gemstones, and Everything in Between

Last week, TEFAF, The European Fine Arts Fair, opened its 36th edition in the quaint Dutch town of Maastrict. Just like any art fair, it was filled with…

Sandro Botticelli, Storie di Lucrezia, 1504. Tempera and oil on wood, Isabella Stuart Gardner Museum, Boston
Lucretia’s Many Bodies Through the Ages

The figure of …

Leonardo da Vinci, Mona Lisa, c. 1503–1506. wikimedia commons
What's in a Name: 6 Retitled Paintings
Many famous paintings have gone by different names over the years. And the reasons as to why this has happened can be fascinating.
Nancy Dorman and Stanley Mazaroff Center for the Study of Prints, Drawings and Photographs rendering. Quinn Evans Architects.
New BMA Matisse & Drawings Study Centers to Boost Access to Collections
On December 12, the Baltimore Museum of Art will invite the public in to two new study centers—The Ruth R. Marder Center for Matisse Studies and The Nancy Dorman and Stanley Mazaroff Center for the…
Still from This is a Robbery: The World's Biggest Art Heist. Snapshot of the crime scene in the Dutch Room at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Empty frames, crime scene tape and what appears to be trash litter the floor.
Unsolved Gardner Heist the Focus of Thrilling Netflix Documentary
Today, Netflix globally releases This Is a Robbery: The World’s Biggest Art Heist, a four-part series that delves into the unsolved robbery of Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and…