MARTINEZ — From an early age, Mimi Wirth already knew she was destined to create art —her bedroom wall where she drew to her heart’s content was her first canvas. “Fortunately for me, my parents ...

We know that the Old Masters like Botticelli, da Vinci or Rembrandt used to add animal proteins, such as egg yolk, to their paints, to modify their properties and allow more sophisticated paint ...

Researchers think old masters like Sandro Botticelli, who painted Lamentation Over the Dead Christ, may have mixed egg into their oil paints to alter certain qualities. Fine Art Images / Heritage ...

Earlier this year, at a Christie's Old Masters evening sale in London, Canaletto's Venice, the Return of the Bucintoro on Ascension Day (circa 1732) set a new auction record after it sold for $43.7 ...