Michael Prodger is a senior research fellow at the University of Buckingham and art critic for the New Statesman
Securing the services of Willem Van de Velde and his son was a coup for Charles II – and it put wind in the sails of England’s own maritime art tradition
Theodoor Rombouts was a great assimilator of styles, but he was more than just another of the Caravaggisti
An illuminating exhibition in Vienna explores how artists from the Greeks on have revelled in rivalries
The Galleria Nazionale dell’Umbria, home to some of Perugino’s most important works, can now display its outstanding collection in suitably grand style
Louis-Léopold Boilly experienced his fair share of personal drama, but he had a rare gift for depicting the ins and outs of everyday existence
The artist rarely showed the drawings that made his revolutionary paintings possible, but the Met is finally putting them centre stage
The Dutch painter already knew the majority of the sitters in his lively portraits of merchants and dignitaries – and it shows
One of the world’s greatest collections of medieval manuscripts now has state-of-the-art accommodation, writes Michael Prodger
Two new books offer complementary perspectives – the macro and the micro – on the modern museum
The museum in the south of France has spruced up its galleries dedicated to Ingres and now has an entire floor of sculptures by Bourdelle
