A long-lost painting by Sandro Botticelli, depicting the Virgin Mary and baby Jesus, was found in a family home in Gragnano, Italy, south of Naples. The masterpiece, missing for nearly 50 years ...

After turning Charles VII's head in the 1440s, Agnès Sorel became his mistress and close advisor as well the era's great ...

The cross, which is about 10ft (3m) tall, depicts the crucifixion of Jesus and possibly the Virgin Mary and his disciple John, they said. Mrs Worne, a former art teacher, said: "We didn't expect ...

The Black Madonna—a revered painting of a dark-skinned Virgin Mary and Child Jesus, said to be the work ... mother clutching her sick seven-week-old baby, Dieguito, born with a kidney ...