French art

Silver in a New Light

A new Museum display highlights masterpieces of European silver, brought together for the first time.

Jeffrey Weaver | August 22, 2016

Landscapes of nature’s power.

Why do certain works of art compel us?

A colorful life of political games in the English and French courts.

Ashley Medina | June 16, 2016

A contemporary artist demonstrates drawing techniques that make charcoal such an expressive medium.

Getty Media | April 15, 2016

Museum conservators solve a mystery during the routine treatment of an outdoor sculpture.

Amelia Wong | February 16, 2016

Prussian blue changed it all.

John Griswold | November 5, 2015

The raunchy and the rustic in 17th-century prints.

Tobi Kaplan | August 2, 2015

Travels of a bronze Hermes, from Florence to Paris to L.A.

An unusual table once owned by Louis XIV offers a peek into a king’s private world.

Neoclassical selfies? Check.

Marie-Antoinette’s armchair gets the royal treatment.

Philippe Halbert | January 6, 2015