Silvani Vinceti said the backdrop of the early 16th-century painting by Leonardo da Vinci of the Mona Lisa depicts the Romito Bridge in the nearby Tuscan town of Laterina. This takes the wind from ...

Now she’s really got something to smile about. Mona Lisa is moving out of shared digs and into her own “special space” at the ...

Mona Lisa is the star of the Louvre’s Grand Gallery, where it is climate-controlled to keep the painting in the ideal environment. (According to the Associated Press, the system that cools the ...

Researchers who used X-ray equipment on the 16th-century “Mona Lisa" has gained new insights into Leonardo da Vinci’s painting techniques.

Mona Lisa’s POV of tourist crowds snapping pictures. Roughly 80% of the 9 million people who visit the Louvre each year reportedly stop in primarily to see the painting. REUTERS ...

The search for the Mona Lisa bridge 04:05. The "Mona Lisa" has given up another secret. Using X-rays to peer into the chemical structure of a tiny speck of the celebrated work of art, scientists ...

Many people believe that ‘Mona Lisa’ got its fame from the theft it endured in 1911. An Italian handyman named Vincenzo Peruggia stole the painting from the Louvre, believing that it belonged ...

Dubbed the "Isleworth Mona Lisa," the painting was put on public view in Turin last month and strongly resembles Leonardo's 16th century, half-length portrait masterpiece of an Italian woman known ...

The Mona Lisa painting is made in a way that no matter where you stand or look at it, it always looks interesting. Leonardo da Vinci used light and shadow to make the picture look like it has ...

Two women threw pumpkin soup at the 'Mona Lisa' on Sunday at about 10 a.m., the Louvre confirmed in a statement to PEOPLE.

And nothing demanded more attention than the disappearance of the Mona Lisa. In the weeks after the theft, every detail of August 21, 1911, was examined. Everything odd, everything ordinary.