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 ...

But who was the Mona Lisa, and why has her portrait garnered such fame and intrigue? This article explores the identity of the woman in the painting, the historical context of its creation ...

It may well be the best known painting of all time, but mysteries still lurk behind the famous Mona Lisa smile ... of Leonardo da Vinci’s celebrated portrait. If scholars are able to reach ...

The most common answer is that the Mona Lisa is a portrait of the real-life Lisa Gherardini who was born on June 15, 1479, in Via Maggio, Republic of Florence and died July 15, 1542. Gherardini ...

“It flows more like honey.” But the “Mona Lisa” — said by the Louvre to be a portrait of Lisa Gherardini, the wife of a Florentine silk merchant — and other works by Leonardo still ...

"It flows more like honey." But the "Mona Lisa" - said by the Louvre to be a portrait of Lisa Gherardini, the wife of a Florentine silk merchant - and other works by Leonardo still have other ...

The Mona Lisa’s tricky smile and timeless allure have inspired academic study and artistic emulation for more than five centuries—but the story of Leonardo da Vinci’s perplexing portrait is ...

In the early 1990s, art professor Frank Zöllner examined the Mona Lisa without its frame and concluded that it had not been trimmed [PDF]. Leonardo painted the portrait on wood, not canvas ...

The “Isleworth Mona Lisa,” a 16th-century portrait of Lisa del Giocondo that has been the subject of multiple debates across generations, is on view in Turin, Italy, through an exhibition put ...

Jan. 30 (UPI) --Leonardo da Vinci's famed "Mona Lisa" portrait is getting a new home at Paris' Louvre while the art museum undergoes renovations. French President Emmanuel Macron said this week ...

The most common answer is that the Mona Lisa is a portrait of the real-life Lisa Gherardini who was born on June 15, 1479, in Via Maggio, Republic of Florence and died July 15, 1542. Gherardini ...

“It flows more like honey.” But the “Mona Lisa” — said by the Louvre to be a portrait of Lisa Gherardini, the wife of a Florentine silk merchant — and other works by Leonardo still ...