click image for close-up All that is known of Yarrow Mamout, an enslaved African who died a free man at a very old age, comes from the diary of the man who painted his striking portrait.

What is thought to be the final self-portrait by renowned UK artist Joseph Wright is going up for auction. The oil painting ...

Based on the X-ray visuals, experts then created an oil painting of the man. “It is clearly the portrait of a banker, a lawyer, some professional man in his workspace,” said Bakirtzis ...