The Private Life of a Masterpiece is a BBC arts documentary series which tells the stories behind great works of art; 29 episodes of the series were broadcast on BBC Two, commencing on 8 December 2001 and ending on 25 December 2010.
A seven-DVD box set of the first five series was released in 2007, which re-arranged the documentaries into genres from art history.
Works of art featured range from Michelangelo's David for the first episode to Filippo Lippi's Adoration of the Christ Child for the last.
The series was produced by independent TV production company Fulmar Television & Film, based in Cardiff.
The Times' David Chater placed it at Number 30 in his paper's Top 50 TV shows of the Noughties.