The 17th century Italian walnut and bone-inlaid cabinet that sold for £5,800. “It was a really unusual piece and we don’t see them that often,” said Alexander Clement, Halls Fine Art ’s ...

One 17th-century example from Germany cost as much as a large farm—buildings, fields, livestock and all. This 3D-printed model uses plastic to recreate a 16th-century prosthetic hand originally ...

The samurai were a preeminent class defending Japan for centuries. But as the Tokugawa shogunate ushered in an era of stability, the need for them faded, forcing these warriors to find a new way ...

The 17th century site at Lower Hazel in South Gloucestershire has been granted Grade II listed status by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport on the advice of Historic England.

The Tenshō Embassy before Pope Gregory XIII (anonymous). Credit: Public domain / Wikimedia Commons They set sail in 1582 and took nine months to reach Lisbon, from where they traveled to Madrid to ...

An exceptionally rare 17th-century painting featuring a Black woman and a white woman side by side has gone on public display for the first time at Compton Verney, a historic manor in the English ...

Built in the 17th century, the castle was once home to the dukes of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Not long after the German revolution of 1918, legal privileges for German nobility were abolished, ...

Portraits in the Renaissance era didn’t just hang on walls, but were often concealed behind painted panels, shutters, or contained in boxes. “Hidden Faces” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art ...

A Luminous Beautiful 17th Century Antique German Biblical Tapestry Depicting David And Abigail, Country Of Origin: Germany, Circa Date: 17th Century – This magnificent 17th-century German tapestry ...