Created around 1503, the painting—which just sold at auction for $3.1 million—depicts the saint after the crucifixion of ...

For only the third time this century, a painting by renowned Renaissance great Raphael is coming to auction. It is of Mary ...

A youthful work by Raphael is set to go under the hammer at Sotheby's in New York Thursday and could fetch millions of ...

While this winter’s premier auctions for Old Master works at Christie’s and Sotheby’s in New York yielded better results year-over-year, overall sales totals failed to live up to the pre-sale ...

The encounter was one of a series of Saturday jubilee audiences of 2025, following a first meeting with pilgrims and a heart-to-heart with journalists.

A stunning new portrait of Queen Mary of Denmark has been released to mark her 53rd birthday with her engagement ring positioned front and centre in the frame. Snapped by longtime royal ...

In the portrait, Queen Mary is dressed in neutral tones — a white long sleeve turtleneck with a pink floral lace skirt. The Tasmanian-born styled her hair down and accessorised with subtle ...

The court of public opinion has found no First Lady more wanting than Mary Todd Lincoln, wife of Abraham Lincoln. Her husband, who emancipated the slaves, and saved the union, enjoys near ...

But her professional triumph coincided with a personal ordeal: after “Magdalene” ’s release, Twigs filed a civil lawsuit against her ex-boyfriend Shia LaBeouf, for sexual assault ...

Originating in Ireland in the 18 th century, and operated by female religious organizations with government consent from the mid-19 th century onwards, the secretive, commercial laundry facilities, ...

There are four dogmas stating Mary's personal relationship with God and her role in human salvation . 1) Divine Motherhood Mary's divine motherhood was proclaimed at the Council of Ephesus in 431.