Arnold Böcklin was born on October 16, 1827, in Basel, Switzerland, into a family that fostered his artistic inclinations from an early age. His father, a successful merchant, provided a stable environment that allowed Böcklin...

Giorgione, born Giorgio Barbarelli da Castelfranco in 1477, is often regarded as one of the most enigmatic figures of the Venetian Renaissance. His brief career, which spanned only about a decade before his untimely death in...

Nicolas Poussin, born in 1594 in the small town of Villers, near the French city of Andelys, is often heralded as one of the most significant figures in the history of Western art. His early education in the arts began in Paris,...