Using archives, letters, and auction records, an art historian has uncovered who stole a Van Dyck from an English country ...

The painting’s disappearance from its UK estate wasn’t noticed until six years later when a duchess saw it on display at a Harvard museum, new research shows.

The mystery surrounding the theft of the original oil sketch in Northamptonshire has been solved, according to Dr. Meredith Hale from the University of Exeter. The Portrait of Wolfgang Wilhelm of ...

In 1951, an original oil sketch by Anthony van Dyck disappeared from an English country estate—only to mysteriously reappear ...

The oil sketch “Portrait of Wolfgang Wilhelm of Pfalz-Neuburg” by Flemish artist Anthony van Dyck was stolen in 1951 from Boughton House. Anthony van Dyck's "Portrait of Wolfgang Wilhelm of ...

A painting hanging in a French family’s living room turned out to be far more valuable than just another trinket or heirloom.

Each panel featured an oil-painted sketch of a prominent prince, scholar, military leader or artist, and would have been used to create prints for sale. Correspondence between Ramsey and art ...

The artwork is believed to have been created between 1809 and 1814 and has emerged from a private family collection in North ...

Titled "Study of Reclining Lions," the previously unknown work by the renowned French Romantic painter has been owned by a ...

A previously unknown sketch by one of the UK's most renowned painters John Constable has sold for £320,000 at auction.