Lisa Gherardini, a 16th-century noblewoman from the Republic of Florence, is long believed to be the figure in Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece. But who was she? Born into a once-influential ...

X-rays of the mummy of an ancient Egyptian noblewoman reveal an assortment of health issues: from curvature of the spine, known as scoliosis, to other deformities that could be the result of polio.

A rare portrait by Bernardino de’ Conti, a peer of Leonardo da Vinci, set a record at Sotheby's Master Paintings auction.

Lee Hyeri plays Lee Dam, the spirited and quirky student. A funeral director with the ability to see and communicate with the dead helps them fulfill their last wishes. Lee Hyeri stars as Baek Dong-ju ...

78.1 x 58.4 cm. (30.7 x 23 in.) Count Castelbarco, Milan, by 1861 (as Leonardo da Vinci); Alfred Morrison (1821-1897), Fonthill House, Tisbury, Wiltshire, by 1892 (where it hung in the Picture Gallery ...

How often do we get to see a Korean period drama that does not feature a royal family? Not often enough, if The Tale of Lady Ok is anything to go by. In this saga set in Korea’s Joseon era (1392 ...

The portrait, which depicts a noblewoman in gold-embroidered finery against a blue background, was discovered last year at an auction in Texas by Nick Cox, the founder of the UK dealership Period ...

Kirkpatrick had gone out to India full of ambition, intent on making his name in the subjection of a nation; but instead it was he who was conquered, not by an army but by a Hyderabadi noblewoman ...