Portrait of a Woman, painted by Italian Renaissance master Giovanni Battista Moroni, is joining the Frick’s permanent collection. Fine Art Images / Heritage Images / Getty Images The Frick Collection ...

The 1513 portrait “An Old Woman” by Flemish artist Quinten Massys might well be one of the Renaissance’s most famous paintings. It is also one of the period’s most atypical. With wrinkled skin, ...

An exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, examines how women faced barriers to equality but often overcame them to contribute to the culture of the era. By Tanya Mohn This article is part of ...

The maiden that Raphael painted around 1505 cradles the critter, tender and tame. She’s sitting upright, at a slight angle, ...

When it comes to Old Master works, many of us think immediately of art made by men—most often Caravaggio, Rembrandt or Vermeer. But there were women artists working in the Early Renaissance all the ...

Women stare out from their paintings, eyes perpetually sparkling with glassy tears. These women were painted centuries ago. Maybe they were mere figments of imagination, even then. Still, they are ...