“The Symbolist Vision” is on view at Shepherd W&K Galleries (New York) through April 20, 2019.

It turns out Milady has more secrets hidden under her corset, and a connection with Athos (Vincent Cassel). We get more ...

Marseille is one of the best European cities. There's nothing quite like sitting on a terrace in Marseille, a steaming bowl ...

In the 16th and 17th centuries, even something as simple as a mole could have had you accused of being a witch.

Le Café de Surate’ published in 1790 is an important glimpse into the history of the mercantile and port city as a ...

Oh la vache - roughly pronounced oh la vahsh - can literally be translated as 'oh the cow’, but is actually used as an ...

DrShah has explained some of the conditions doctors are now seeing in hospitals - including rickets that surged in the UK hundreds of years ago and scury that was common in the 17th century.

A 16th Century coin dropped by a thief plundering a Roman fort is among the treasures unearthed during a six-month dig. The ...

binding: Early seventeenth-century morocco "à la Du Seuil" (163 x 108 mm), possibly French, double gilt fillets around sides, gilt fleurons at outer corners, spine with gilt ruled raised bands in six ...

(Small damp stain to F6 in second work.) binding: Seventeenth-century French red morocco (152 x 99 mm), frame of three gilt fillets, inner frame of three gilt fillets with vases of flowers at outer ...

The idea of eating a carvery outside the unnamed big-brand restaurant was new to me - but the food on offer and the unique setting at the 17th-century mansion was something to behold. I remember ...

The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum houses four paintings by Dutch masters that represent a variety of portraiture styles of ...