Explore Leonardo da Vinci's most famous works like the Mona Lisa, as well as his drawings and unfinished works. In 1517, Leonardo showed a visitor a portrait of Lisa del Giocondo, the wife of a ...

While many think the painting depicts da Vinci, the Renaissance man was only in his mid-50s at the time of the drawing, whereas the portrait's subject looks closer to 80 years old.

ROME — A journalist on an Italian state TV science program on Friday claimed to have discovered a drawing by Leonardo da Vinci which could be a self-portrait of the artist as a young man.

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In 1505, da Vinci would have been in his early 50s, and the drawing closely resembles a known portrait of Leonardo by Francisco Melzi created around the same time. Most importantly, Leonardo is ...

A leading art historian has long believed that this drawing of a young woman is a lost masterpiece by Leonardo da Vinci, and he has finally unearthed what he says is conclusive proof that the ...

Lost da Vinci: Art historian Martin Kemp, of the University of Oxford, believes the mystery painting, which appeared in 1998, is a portrait of the duke's daughter, created by da Vinci for her ...

Art World Scholars Say They Have Discovered the Second Known Portrait of Leonardo da Vinci, Made Just Before His Death. The figure's beard—a rare fashion at the time—was a major tip-off.

GENEVA — The mystery behind the most enigmatic smile in art — Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa” — just got a little more complicated. In a coming-out party of sorts in Geneva, rounds of ...

A new technique could help save a famous Leonardo da Vinci drawing that is vanishing with each passing day. The mysterious artwork, widely considered to be a self-portrait of the artist, was drawn ...

Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is arguably the most famous portrait in the world, but now, some are speculating that the woman with the inscrutable smile may not be a woman after all. They are ...