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 ...

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 ...

I opened the PDF for Dutch Painting expecting to find yet another book about Hals, Rembrandt, and Vermeer— the familiar canonical Dutch figures. No doubt, so I anticipated, the ever-reliable art ...

Last year, the Hermitage Amsterdam cut ties with Russia. This spring, they’re filling their walls with pieces from Thomas Kaplan’s treasure trove. By Nina Siegal AMSTERDAM — “She is our ‘Mona Lisa,’” ...

Over the past three years, the once-forgotten Dutch master Judith Leyster has appeared in a Google doodle, smashed estimates at auction, and debuted in the Rijksmuseum’s most prestigious chamber.

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 ...

A blockbuster exhibition brings together more paintings by the Dutch master than ever before. Yet he remains a mystery, despite efforts by authors, filmmakers and researchers to fill the empty space.