When the American artist John Trumbull set out to create a painting commemorating the Declaration of Independence in 1786, a ...
Emanuel Leutze, who painted “Washington Crossing the Delaware,” was born in Germany but grew up in Philadelphia, steeped in ...
The painting was donated by Dallas-based collectors who focus on Swiss Old Masters.
Kay Smith illustrated cookbooks and children’s books before gaining a reputation for her watercolor paintings of historic landmarks that led to what she called her “American Legacy” collection. Smith, ...
The 18th-century painting once hung in the offices of the U.K.'s first prime minister. Canaletto’s Venice, the Return of the Bucintoro on Ascension Day has a delectable provenance: Its first recorded ...