Reynolds was particularly skilled at choosing poses and actions which suggested a sitter's character and which also created a strong composition. Here, three sisters, the daughters of the 2nd Earl ...

The American photographer Lee Miller first met Pablo Picasso in June 1937, a couple of months before this portrait was painted during a stay in the south of France. Miller is shown dressed in the ...

In 1985 Warhol became the first artist commissioned to create a portrait of the Absolut Vodka bottle in what would become one of the most successful advertising campaigns of the twentieth century.

James was first painted by Trevisani in 1719 shortly before he left for Spain to prepare for the abortive invasion of England. The portrait was intended as a gift for his bride-to-be, Princess Maria ...

These remarkable panels formed part of what must have been the most important altarpiece commissioned for Scotland. Incredibly, they survived the Reformation when so many religious images were ...

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