The four-part docuseries This Is a Robbery: The World’s Biggest Art Heist (available on Netflix!) tells the story of the notorious event that took place over 30 years ago in the middle of the night on ...

Francisco de Zurbarán (b ... It is all stupendously beautiful. A series featuring art critic Sebastian Smee’s favorite works in permanent collections around the United States.

Indeed, some art historians view Zurbarán as self-taught. In a phone call, senior Frick curator Susan Grace Galassi told artnet News that, far from being a disadvantage, Zurbarán’s unorthodox ...

Church Commissioners said selling works by Spanish Baroque artist Francisco Zurbaran would have funded ... manager Jonathan Ruffer means the paintings can stay in Auckland Castle.

The paintings were surely made in Seville, a former center of Muslim power that had become the economic hub and most cosmopolitan city of the Spanish Empire, in or near which Zurbarán spent most ...

FRANCISCO DE ZURBARAN Mr Ruffer, who is reportedly worth £100m, bought 13 paintings of Jacob and his sons from the Church of England and immediately gave them back to the Church as a gift.

After 50 years of research, art experts know a little more about Francisco Zurbaran and his work. He was born in 1598 in Estremadura, probably of Basque stock like Goya, and went through life a ...

Plans to sell off 17th Century paintings which hang in the home ... said selling works by Spanish Baroque artist Francisco Zurbaran would have funded Church efforts in poorer areas.

Read our pick of the best Los Angeles art exhibitions to see this month ... Although he is best known for his religious themes, Francisco de Zurbarán created wonderful still lifes that stand out for ...

FRANCISCO DE ZURBARAN Mr Ruffer, who is reportedly worth £100m, bought 13 paintings of Jacob and his sons from the Church of England and immediately gave them back to the Church as a gift.