Today, the “Mona Lisa” is more than just a portrait; it is a symbol of artistic genius and cultural heritage. Its appeal lies not only in its artistic mastery but also in its universality.

Art History Mona Lisa’s Other Secret—Where the Portrait Was Painted—May Have Been Solved by an Art Historian Using Drone Imagery. Digital reconstruction matches a bridge in Tuscany to the ...

The Mona Lisa has a fascinating history. The painting has exchanged hands several times over the centuries, was once stolen, ...

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.

Staff are exasperated by overcrowding in a crumbling museum. Luckily for visitors, other Leonardo masterpieces are available ...

Yousuf Karsh’s 1941 portrait of Winston Churchill, “The Roaring Lion.” AP Cassinelli bid over $5,300 (£4,200), believing it was the perfect piece for his apartment.

I have never got terribly close to the Mona Lisa (c 1503-6). I remember when, as a child, I fought my way to the front of a queue of sweaty tourists in the Louvre, only to be pulled aside by a ...

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.