Leonardo da Vinci’s 'Mona Lisa' had been missing for more than 24 hours before anybody at the Louvre even noticed.

PARIS (AP) — 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 ...

This video explains how Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa remained relatively unknown for centuries after its completion around 1506. It hung quietly in French collections until August 21, 1911, when it ...

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 Mona Lisa — and you then manage to break eye contact ...

Before 1911, Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa was admired by artists - but hardly known by the public. Then a humble Italian ...

Mona Lisa's famous smile might not have been genuine when she was painted by Leonardo da Vinci more than 500 years ago. Scientists wanted to investigate Lisa Gherardini's facial expression and apply ...

Protected in a bullet-proof glass vitrine and behind a barrier, the Mona Lisa is never going to look its best. But come the fall, visitors to Louvre will be able to get up close and intimately ...

One museum heist, or perhaps the publicity surrounding it, is credited with making a priceless masterpiece of a painting that had been celebrated by aficionados but virtually unknown to the public: ...

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 ...

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MADRID — Spain’s Prado Museum said Wednesday it has a copy of Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa” that one of his students painted in the studio where the masterpiece was completed. A museum spokeswoman ...

PARIS, France — 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 ...