Constantine XI Palaiologos (Feb. 8, 1404 – May 29, 1453), dubbed the last Christian ruler of Constantinople, showing his true likeness in a realistic still life painting, not an idealized art work.

An oil painting by the Japanese-American artist Kikuo Saito (1939-2016), a colorful Parisian street scene by Constantin Kluge (French, 1912-2003), and a large stoneware vessel by Claude Conover ...

The show, which features the work of 19th-century artists like Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, Christen Købke and Constantin Hansen, makes a compelling case for returning to the study of the world as ...