Scientists have discovered a new secret about how Leonardo da Vinci painted his enigmatic masterpiece, “The Mona Lisa.” The innovative Renaissance painter invented a unique chemical formula ...

Tourists can expect to pay more to see the Mona Lisa as Louvre reveals plans for extra fee - The major renovation of the ...

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 secrets to tell. "There are ...

When Leonardo da Vinci was creating his masterpiece, the Mona Lisa, he may have experimented with lead oxide in his base layer, resulting in trace amounts of a compound called plumbonacrite.It ...

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 ...

Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa (around 1503-19) was attacked at the Musée du Louvre, in Paris, today by environmental activists who threw soup over the world's most-recognised and most-viewed ...

The Mona Lisa, also known as La Gioconda, is one of the most enigmatic paintings in art history. Its creator, Leonardo da Vinci, left numerous details that have been debated for centuries. Let's ...

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 ...

Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" is probably the world’s most famous painting. ... and it now hangs in the Louvre Museum, Paris, where it remained an object of pilgrimage in the 21st century.

Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, the most famous painting in the world, was looking back at him. A few weeks later, at midday on October 19, 2004, Cotte set up his camera and lighting system in ...

Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece ' Mona Lisa,' on display at the Louvre Museum in France, is known as the most famous work of art in the world, but until the early 20th century, it was one of the ...