New research suggests that Leonardo da Vinci suffered severe nerve damage to his right hand after fainting and falling at some point late in his life. The injury may have impacted the famous artist’s ...
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 dive ...
Leonardo da Vinci spends 14 years working on the Mona Lisa, the culmination of all his knowledge. Toward the end of his life, Leonardo da Vinci finally finds the perfect patron – the King of France – ...
What didn’t Leonardo da Vinci do? We’re all familiar with the Mona Lisa and her enigmatic expression that has haunted curious art lovers for ages, but he also contributed to science, with dissections ...
A painting that came on the scene in the early 1900s is gaining sensation with its public display in an Italian city, with some claiming the portrait could be the work of Leonardo da Vinci himself, ...
“Nude Mona Lisa,” a charcoal drawing held in the collection of the Condé Museum in Chantilly, France, since 1862, may be an “emblematic and forgotten artwork” by Leonardo da Vinci himself, the museum ...
Before the coronavirus pandemic, Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa drew roughly 30,000 visitors a day at the Louvre in Paris, behind a barrier and a thick layer of bulletproof glass — now a wealthy bidder ...
New research suggests that Leonardo da Vinci suffered severe nerve damage to his right hand after fainting and falling at some point late in his life. The injury may have impacted the famous artist’s ...