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How economic prosperity paved the way for the Dutch Golden Age

A brass-inlaid rosewood table, three of four Seasons bursting with colour and a rare pair of powder-blue vases should draw every eye at the forthcoming Decorative Art Fair in London

Anne Boleyn dropped suggestive hints and Elizabeth I projected undying monarchy through her portraits: Tudor women knew how to use art to send a message, Philippa Gregory tells Carla Passino

Together with ancient armour, Egyptian cats and illuminated manuscripts, this year’s Frieze Masters sees a colourful work by an even more colourful character, a Nigerian prince who set out to make ‘contemporary Yoruba traditional art’

The ‘Pelican’ portrait , attributed to Nicholas Hilliard