For more than five centuries, Leonardo Da Vinci has been celebrated as a visionary artist, scientist, and inventor, known for ...

Despite being a prolific draughtsman, fewer than 20 paintings by Leonardo survive. But which were his greatest hits?

Scientists have confirmed Leonardo da Vinci’s bloodline by tracing matching DNA in living male-line descendants.

His legacy as a painter ... da braccio (an ancestor of the violin). The subject of the portrait was probably the performer and instrument-maker Atalante Migliorotti, who accompanied Leonardo ...

The results verify the continuity of the Da Vinci male lineage back to at least the 15th generation, more than 500 years ...

Leonardo da Vinci was the illegitimate son of a notary and a woman whose identity remains shrouded in mystery. He died in ...

Ginevra de' Benci was a poet famed for her beauty and intellect. But art historians know little about her beyond the writings ...

Researchers are yet to verify whether the supposed descendants like drawing weird prototype helicopter things.

Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper is one of the most iconic artworks in Western history. But from the moment the paint ...

Eggheads believe Leonardo da Vinci’s DNA could crack the code of what makes a genius. The famous artist was a polymath - ...