LEONARDO DA VINCI

Visitors to the Louvre looking at the 'Mona Lisa.'

16 Things You Didn’t Know About the ‘Mona Lisa’

Her tricky smile and timeless allure have inspired academic study and artistic emulation for more than five centuries. But the story of this perplexing portrait of 'Mona Lisa' is even richer than it looks.

Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘The Last Supper’ (black border added).

15 Facts About Leonardo Da Vinci's ‘The Last Supper’

Leonardo da Vinci's "The Last Supper" is one of the most admired, most studied, and most reproduced paintings the world has ever known—and it has inspired some wild theories.

5 Mysteries Surrounding the 'Mona Lisa'

Despite all we do know about this Leonardo da Vinci painting, there are still a number of lingering questions.

Was Mona Lisa Faking Her Smile?

Leonardo da Vinci's famous painting features a woman smiling. Now, some neuroscientists argue that the artist may have purposely added an insincere smirk that wasn't present on the model's face.

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When Pablo Picasso Was Suspected of Stealing the Mona Lisa

In 1911, Leonardo da Vinci's most famous work went missing. A tip from an admitted art thief seemed to implicate one of the world's best painters.

You Can Now View Leonardo da Vinci's Notebooks Online

Zoom in on every detail of Leonardo da Vinci's sketches in Codex Forster I, which is now available online.

Art Scholars Say They've Uncovered Leonardo da Vinci's Earliest Work

It would have been painted when Leonardo da Vinci was 18, but not everyone is convinced that the work—which depicts the Archangel Gabriel—is authentic.

12 Masterful Facts About Leonardo Da Vinci

Leonardo was a polymath, and the very definition of a Renaissance man. He also had beef with Michelangelo.

15 Things You Didn't Know Leonardo da Vinci Influenced

Leonardo da Vinci wore many hats—painter, mathematician, inventor, and paleontologist were just some of the titles that might describe him.

15 Things You Might Not Know About Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man

Leonardo da Vinci's "Vitruvian Man" has evolved over the past five centuries from a thoughtful sketch into the picture of health. But the history behind this sketch is as curious as its image is omnipresent.

How Da Vinci's The Last Supper Survived a Bomb During WWII

Hoping to protect Leonardo's work against attack, officials had guarded it with sandbags and scaffolding years before. And it worked.

Ludwig van Beethoven’s ‘Trio in E Flat Major’ was lost for more than a century.

6 Lost Works of Art That Finally Turned Up

Long-lost artworks by Leonardo da Vinci, Ludwig van Beethoven, and more have resurfaced in some unexpected ways.