Researchers have identified a shipwreck off Porkkala, in southern Finland, as the Swedish warship “Falken,” a 17th-century vessel… ...

Volunteers cleaning Poland’s Krzna River uncover well-preserved 6-pound 17th-century cannonball, sparking intrigue about its origins, Lublin officials said.

A 17th century Italian walnut and bone-inlaid cabinet from a deceased estate stole the show at a fine art and antiques auction.

The surplus of art in 17th-century Italy paradoxically offered greater opportunity to artists and collectors by expanding the art audience to a lower-class, yet more entrepreneurial, patronage ...