The 17th-century artist’s likeness of the young Hapsburg, currently on view at the Norton Simon Museum in California, ...

Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, wrote of an unspecified great matter of state said to bear directly on the Queen’s life.

From muscle-bound castles to lavish manor houses, the world is filled with fine stately homes – and many of them happen to be ...

From Eton prefects to wedding ushers, Prince William and Harry Aubrey-Fletcher go way back: but who is the son of Sir Henry ...

Wentworth Woodhouse is the largest private residence in England but it was left to descend into ruin. Now, it's undergoing a ...

“Spectacular” treasures awarded to an Orcadian naval officer for his actions during an 18th century ... monarch Queen Anne for his actions in the Archduke’s home city, and a portrait of ...

But her passion for jewelled objects, combined with an indefatigable work ethic, enabled her to produce 21 books and catalogues including Portrait ... collecting 17th- and 18th-century pieces.

The closest echo in art history for such a fiercely furrowed, lock-eyed, and, yes, trumpant glare is an out-of-the-way portrait from the paintbrush of the 17th-Century Italian Baroque artist ...