The Great London [05/08/24] 

  • UK: New light for old master paintings

    A painting hanging on the wall in an art gallery tells one story. What lies beneath its surface may tell quite another.After Raphael 1483 - 1520, probably before 1600. It is an oil on wood, 87 x 61.3 cm. (Wynn Ellis Bequest, 1876) [Credit: Copyright National Gallery, London]Often in a Rembrandt, a Vermeer, a Leonardo, a Van Eyck, …

  1. Vatican to display bones claimed to be those of Saint Peter
  2. Maya: Secrets of their Ancient World in original exhibition at the Royal Ontario Museum
  3. Early archeology an adventure in plunder
  4. "Roads of Arabia" at the Sackler Gallery
  5. Roman water mill found during Cumbrian dig to go on display