Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa is perhaps the world’s most famous painting. It’s also one of the world’s most mysterious. For centuries, art historians have analyzed the Mona Lisa, hoping ...

Miniature versions of famous paintings, including Girl with a Pearl Earring and Mona Lisa, have been created using nanotechnology.Each is just a few millimetres across. Ting Xu at Nanjing ...

In 1911, Vincenzo Peruggia stole da Vinci’s masterpiece from Paris and later brought it to Florence. But the theft’s success as a repatriation effort was very short-lived.

The Mona Lisa painting by Leonarodo di Vinci has been known to be a portiot of the real life Lisa Gherardini. The painting with the mysterious smile brings many to the Louvre.

Has the Mystery of the ‘Mona Lisa’ Background Been Solved? Ann Pizzorusso, a geologist and art historian, says she’s identified the location in the background of Leonardo da Vinci’s famous ...

In 1911, the Mona Lisa was already a prized work of art. Painted by da Vinci between 1503 and 1506, it spent time in the Palace of Versailles and Napoleon’s bedroom before landing in its ...

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 ...

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 have gained new insight into the techniques ...

Mona Lisa's roommates at the Louvre may be glad she's moving out Now that Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece is moving to another room at The Louvre, other Renaissance masterpieces hanging in the ...

The Mona Lisa has been vandalized five times with the first known-time dating all the way back to 1956 and the most recent being in 2022. In 1956, the Mona Lisa was attacked not once, but twice.