Down to a wine art

La Pietà by Michelangelo

From topless staddle stones outperforming complete ones to two versions of the same desk selling on the same day 212 miles apart, bizarre occurrences are par for the course at contents sales

Isabella d’Este, Marchioness of Mantua, bargained, cajoled and went behind her family’s back to get what she desired. Meet 16th-century Italy’s most formidable collector

Exhibition of the week Jenny Saville: The Anatomy ...

Is a ring of 36 cherubs excessive? Perhaps, but those are only the ones around the southern Italian city of Lecce’s Basilica of Santa Croce’s rose window; I count dozens of additional cheeky winged ba

Whether in Gothic cathedrals or modern interiors, stained glass, its beauty and evolving techniques continue to attract collectors and creators today, as Alice Roberton discovers