The rusty 7 mm revolver that Van Gogh allegedly used for killing himself with in 1890 has sold for €162,500 ($183,000) in an auction. Is the auctioned pistol really the same weapon the painter had used on July 27, 1890 to kill himself? The pistol, a Lefaucheux, was found in the same field where the artist was shot by a farmer in the 1960s.  It is impossible to confirm but the auctioneer M. Grégoire Veyrès indicated that the identity of the...

On 10 March 2016, the French President M François Hollande was surrounded by Dutch Royalty and dignitaries at the Louvre. Around the President were King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands. The reason for their presence at the Louvre? The display of two paintings by Rembrandt, a portrait of Maerten Soolmans and that of his wife Oopjen Coppit. Rembrandt’s Eyes The first of these was acquired by the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (which...