Leonardo da vinci – lady with an ermine

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 ...

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

The Raft of the Medusa by Théodore Géricault

Awarded The Artist prize at the annual Royal Institute of Oil Painters’ (ROI) exhibition, self-taught Belgian artist, Valérie Pirlot works predominately in the great outdoors. Depicting the essence of