The Texas museum was the underbidder on “The Cut Melon” last June at Christie's, but was ultimately able to acquire it ...

Jeanne du Barry was a courtesan in 1760s Paris who became Louis XV’s favourite mistress. She has been portrayed on screen numerous times, including in Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette ...

The Kimbell was outbid last year by an Italian investor who bought this painting for $26 million. But that wasn’t the end of the story.

Illustration by Meilan Solly / Images via Paris 2024, Marie-Lan Nguyen and public ... BY-SA 4.0 Phrygian caps gained wider currency in the 1760s as American colonists chafed under British rule.