Stealing beauty

“Hands of Saint Dominic” by Albrecht Dürer, 1506; ...

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

In her latest novel, Sarah Dunant explores the life of Italian aristocrat Isabella d’Este, the archetypal Renaissance woman

A pound of flesh NEVER was an ...

Life’s pleasures immortalized in a marble sculpture

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