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Arthur Brand, nicknamed the "Indiana Jones of the Art World," said the latest discovery was among his most significant.
A Dutch art sleuth has recovered a priceless trove of stolen documents from the 15th to the 19th century, including several ...
The thief likely took the trove when he worked for the Dutch National Archives in 2015. Recently, someone found them in storage and contacted art detective Arthur Brand ...
Arthur Brand worked with police to return the items to the Netherlands’ National Archives after they were found in an attic ...
A small European nation transformed into a global trading empire, reshaping history through the Dutch East India Company, or ...
Arthur Brand, nicknamed the "Indiana Jones of the Art World" for his high-profile recovery of stolen masterpieces, said the ...
One of the remarkable and unexpected results of specie resumption is the recent opening of an agency of this historic company in New-York, or what is in effect the transference of a considerable ...
Dutch art detective Arthur Brand, known for recovering stolen masterpieces by artists ranging from Picasso to Van Gogh, has ...
A Q&A with author Russell Shorto on the early colonial history of New Amsterdam in the lead-up to a confrontation with the English.
Fast forward to 2024 … Bitcoin is king, the most valuable cryptocurrency to ever exist. But it’s a monarch locked in its own ...
The Dutch East India Company, or the Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie (VOC), was founded in 1602. As one of the first joint-stock corporations in the world, the VOC enabled Dutch citizens to ...
Titus Oates and his 'Popish Plot' Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie or VOC, known in English as the Dutch East India Company. The VOC dominated the spice trade ...