AMSTERDAM (AP) — In the early 17th century, laughter was almost never captured on a painter's canvas. Frans Hals changed that. “He was not a sober painter,” said Friso Lammertse, co-curator of a major ...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A pair of paintings by Dutch Golden Age master Frans Hals that possibly depict his own children are returning to the Netherlands after more than a century overseas in the ...

A 400-year-old Dutch master painting which experts believe could be worth millions of dollars has been discovered in a storeroom in Australia. The artwork called “Still Life” was kept for many years ...

"The people, they often laugh, and that’s very remarkable in the 17th century — that they smile or even laugh, which was hardly done," he added Tuesday at a preview of the exhibition. The show that ...

A Dutch master painting stolen from a Worcester home in 1978 has been recovered and is back in the city. The painting was one of nine notable artworks taken from the home of the late Robert W. and ...

A richly depicted wicker basket of flowers by Dutch artist Clara Peeters going on offer at Sotheby’s London on December 6 will, if it meets its high estimate, become one of her priciest paintings at ...