By Zachary Small For the past three decades, art historians ... old paintings. Last year, the Dresden State Art Collections in Germany completed a restoration of Vermeer’s “Girl Reading ...

Johannes Vermeer’s Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window was ... either in a frame or as a framed fresco within the painting. At the time, it was thought that Vermeer had overpainted the ...

The representation of the cherubic god was depicted hanging in the background of the Dutch painter's 1657–59 composition, 'Girl Reading a ... Earring', 'The Art of Painting' and 'The Milkmaid'.

Three paintings by Belgian artist Paul Delvaux that have not come to market in more than three decades will hit the auction block at Christie’s “Surreal ... young girl at a deserted train ...