A mysterious Renaissance portrait that has hung in an Australian art gallery for 43 years - its artist and subject unknown - has been identified as potentially the world's only painting of the ...

A painting owned by the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne has been identified as a portrait of Lucrezia Borgia, an infamous figure of the Italian Renaissance. The oil painting, purchased in ...

The painting had baffled every expert on the subject since it came into public view during the 20th century and had always been assumed to be of a young male, because the subject was holding a dagger.

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. MARK COLVIN: Lucrezia Borgia died nearly 500 years ago but she can still make news. Derided in print ...

CANBERRA (Reuters) - A rare portrait of Italian Renaissance noblewoman Lucrezia Borgia has been uncovered in an Australian gallery, art conservators said Tuesday, ending a 43-year mystery over the ...

Dissenters are emerging to dispute the NGV's latest find, writes Penelope Debelle. AN AMATEUR art detective in Adelaide who wrote a book on the infamous Lucrezia Borgia yesterday became the first to ...

A mysterious Renaissance portrait has been identified as a painting of infamous Italian femme fatale Lucrezia Borgia by artist Dosso Dossi. Australia's National Gallery of Victoria said it could be ...

Notwithstanding its many faults, it felt like the silver screen's Ring cycle. Last night saw Figgis try his hand at a real Gesamtkunstwerk, Donizetti's rarely heard Lucrezia Borgia (1833). Could he ...