Zauzmer said the "Mona Lisa" took the longest because she "felt a real responsibility to get it right, since it is perhaps the most famous painting of all time." ...

1. 'Mona Lisa' For over a decade, da Vinci crafted one of the world's most recognizable paintings, the "Mona Lisa," which symbolizes the Italian Renaissance. It's the artist's magnum opus.

How the Theft of Leonardo’s ‘Mona Lisa’ Made It the Most Famous Painting in the World The Leonardo di Vinci masterpiece was stolen in 1911. Its theft and return caused a long-standing sensation.

8.At the top of The Scream, written in pencil, is the sentence "Can only have been painted by a madman" in Norwegian. Historians believe this is Munch's handwriting, which was added to the painting by ...

The single remaining arch of an ancient stone bridge in the town of Laterina, in Italy's Tuscany region, which one art historian believes was featured in Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa.

6.In the Mona Lisa, the letters "LV" can be seen in her eye if you look under a microscope.

Over 500 years after Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa, an academic believes she has unravelled the mystery about the backdrop to one of the world's most famous works of art.

The “Mona Lisa” was painted in the early 16th century. Between 1501 and 1503 Da Vinci lived with Cardinal Cesare Borgia near Laterina, Vinceti found. The bridge was in use and had four arches ...

The museum houses famous artworks like Mona Lisa and Venus de Milo. The Pyramid entrance became a symbol of frustration. The museum might reopen on Wednesday.

In this grab taken from video, a view of the scene after activists hurled soup at the glass protecting the Mona Lisa, at the Louvre Museum, in Paris, Sunday. Jan. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Clement Lanot) ...