About the year 1400, however, a new version of the Annunciation scene suddenly appeared in European paintings, which portrays Mary at the moment of the Annunciation in a richly flowering garden. The ...

Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple, by Pietro Testa © The Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg. Source: Christian Art.

41409) General Description: The Latin inscription on top of the panel characterizes this painting as “the threefold devout contemplation of the Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary.” The Rosary had ...

is on display at the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth. Why it matters: This is the first time the public can view "Penitent ...

A portrait believed to be of Mary, Queen of Scots has been found beneath a 16th Century painting. The drawing was revealed in an X-ray of the 1589 portrait of Sir John Maitland, Lord Chancellor of ...