Created around 1503, the painting—which just sold at auction for $3.1 million—depicts the saint after the crucifixion of ...

The Renaissance era was one of the most beautiful and out-of-the-world revolutions in the arts arena. Be it unique painting ...

and the halos on both Baby Jesus and the Virgin Mary are all in gold — a symbol of divinity. No halos — therefore, less gold in Duccio’s version. His looks much more like a Byzantine painting than an ...