As a young painter in Leiden, Dutch Golden Age painter Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn signed his canvases with a monogram, ...

One of the highlights of any visit to the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam is seeing the massive masterpiece The Night Watch painted by the Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn in 1642.

Angus MacInnes, a Canadian actor who appeared in two “Star Wars” films as Jon “Dutch” Vander — the leader of the rebellion’s ...

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The history of Barbados, a small Caribbean island, has been profoundly shaped by sugarcane. It is also home to the oldest recorded mention of the word “rum,” an industry that remains central to the ...

Petra Hogendoorn is Dutch but grew up in South Africa and later worked as an international seafarer. After spending most of ...

One hundred years ago, in a courtyard at the Neues Museum in Berlin, the world came face to face for the first time with one of its most enduring beauty icons: Queen Nefertiti. Discovered in Egypt in ...

The Italian Renaissance was a pivotal moment in Western art, and the National Gallery takes us back to that time — ...

Imagine your favorite, fluffiest teddy bear merged with a Pomeranian to form the ultimate, cuddliest dog you’ve ever seen.

Santa didn't always wear red, and in fact, his outfits, appearance and height took nearly a century to become the iconic ...

This grand assemblage of exotic finery is, in fact, a fantasy, brought together by the curator Thierry Morel in A Cabinet of ...

If someone prefers, they can dunk their Stroopwafel in coffee. Dunking has a similar melting effect to resting it on top of ...