It turns out the glass vessel is a rare example of a 1940s Venini piece designed by the architect Carlo Scarpa

A painting depicting Pope Sylvester I made €3m, while a portrayal of Saint Helena more than doubled its high estimate, selling for €1.6m

The Biblical scene was recently offered at auction for just €10,000

Researchers have now revealed details about the trove of ancient paintings and engravings found in 2021

An Art Newspaper investigation uncovers new details on the infamous seizure in 1868 by Richard Holmes of a 500-year-old painting of Christ, the Kwer’ata Re’esu, which never reached the London institution

Royal Collection curators checked provenance records and pigments, tracing the work to Queen Henrietta Maria

A new report reveals that humans were building with wood 476,000 years ago, upending previous beliefs about our ancestors

The painting's whereabouts were unknown for 80 years, but a Facebook post led to its rediscovery

The haul has now been officially classed as treasure and may be acquired by an Anglesey museum

Objects ranging from the Roman to medieval period were found at the archaeological site, which will now be turned into a Four Seasons hotel

The so-called de Brécy Tondo has in the past been assumed to be a Victorian copy

The large piece of oak is around 6,000 years old–2,000 years older than Stonehenge

X-ray technology has revealed that a hidden man in the background of 'A Maid Asleep' is holding a paintbrush

Since the 18th century, five of the submerged ancient Roman altars have been found in the area near Naples

Expert says he discovered two paint pigments that were only used in that combination by the Dutch Old Master at the time

Discovered: a sketch by a pastor’s daughter, who sat beside Van Gogh when they both depicted a woman peeling potatoes

Scholars have pieced together separate parts of painting after 200 years

The international team of scientists used radiography and endoscopy techniques to peer inside the structure

Red chalk preparatory work may be linked to “Worship of the Brazen Serpent” section of Vatican masterpiece

It is one of several artefacts making their first public appearance at Lindisfarne Priory

Around 55 messages composed by the monarch reveal her condition under captivity and negotiations for her release

The work, depicting a village scene, is being sold at Hôtel Drouot

Vincent and his young English friend Harry Gladwell read the book cover-to-cover in their Paris lodgings—possibly praying to avoid the temptations of Montmartre

Stefan Guzy has scoured archives from the Holy Roman Empire and believes he has traced back the ownership of the mysterious cipher book

Gregor Weber's biography "Johannes Vermeer: Faith, Light and Reflection" also supports the controversial view that Vermeer used a camera obscura

A Spanish archaeological mission found the tombs late last year

New additions to the mysterious Nazca Lines have been identified by scientists from Japan's Yagamata University through the use of aerial drone footage and artificial intelligence

On a hunch, a conservator at the Cincinnati Art Museum had an early Cézanne still life scanned using x-ray imaging, which showed a painted-over portrait by the Modern master

The deposit of perfectly preserved statues in the heart of Tuscany reveals six centuries of cultural and political evolution