The hidden image has art historians debating who the real-life 'Mona Lisa' was. — -- A hidden portrait underneath the "Mona Lisa" has been discovered by a French scientist, who said he ...

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 ...

The search for the Mona Lisa bridge 04:05. Tuscany — If you manage to elbow your way past the crowds at Paris' Louvre museum to get close enough to stare into the eyes of Leonardo da Vinci's ...

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A cake-throwing activist tried to damage the famous Mona Lisa in Paris but was thwarted by the painting’s glass case. Twitter/@klevisl007/via REUTERS.

The Mona Lisa is famed for two things: her enigmatic smile and her steady gaze, widely believed to follow her viewers around the room. Indeed, Leonardo da Vinci’s world-renowned painting, also ...

The “Mona Lisa,” a 16th-century portrait by Leonardo da Vinci—and arguably the most famous painting on earth—was the target of a pastry attack Sunday in a stunt by a climate change ...

"The original Mona Lisa in the Louvre is difficult to see — it's covered with layers of varnish, which has darkened over the decades and the centuries, and even cracked," Bailey says. "What is ...

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.