Steal the Mona Lisa? It would be like imagining someone could steal the towers of Notre Dame Cathedral.” This sentence was ...

The Bible was commissioned by Borso D’Este, who became duke of Ferrara in northeastern Italy in the mid-1400s. Borso enlisted ...

The Borso D’Este Bible, famed for its intricate gold and lapis-lazuli illuminations, is accessible to the public in Italian ...

The Mona Lisa is the most widely recognised and most famous painting ever. Although the King of France, Francis I, and ...

Rarely seen in public, the two-volume manuscript is now on display in Rome – as part of the Vatican’s Holy Year celebrations, a tradition held every quarter century and which draws tens of millions of ...

A 15th-century Bible which is considered one of the most spectacular examples of Renaissance illuminated manuscripts went on ...

La Mona Lisa in Laxey is one of those places, a family-run Italian restaurant that has been serving hearty dishes beside the ...

The two-volume Borso D’Este Bible, which is known for its opulent miniature paintings in gold and Afghan lapis lazuli, was unveiled in the Italian Senate, where it will remain on display until January ...

A 15th-century bible which is considered one of the most spectacular examples of Renaissance illuminated manuscripts has gone on display in Rome as part of the Vatican’s Holy Year celebrations. The ...

In the summer of 1911, the Mona Lisa portrait was stolen from The Louvre Museum. In the summer of 1911, the relatively obscure Mona Lisa portrait was stolen from a Renaissance gallery in The Louvre ...

A rare Fabergé egg crafted for Russia’s ruling family before the revolution has sold for more $30 million. The egg auctioned ...

Jewels have more material value than paintings, and they can be separated into simpler parts and then sold individually. But ...