No other painting is surrounded by as many myths and hypotheses as the famous Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci. More than 500 years after the iconic oil painting was created, a researcher says she has ...

It is one of the most tantalising – and entertaining – puzzles in art, stretching from the Louvre to the Loire via, well, Norfolk. And our critic thinks he has just worked it out ...

UNDATED (CNN Newsource/CNN/WKRC) - People have wondered and guessed for decades where the setting location in the Mona Lisa painting is. One geologist said she knows. The Mona Lisa, painted by ...

Mona Lisa may be smiling over this. A geologist and Renaissance art historian is claiming to have solved the centuries-old debate on the location of the Italian landscape behind Leonardo da Vinci’s ...

A mash-up of geology and art history has identified a likely setting for one of the world’s most famous paintings. By Ali Watkins She’s been smeared with cake and doused with acid. Vigilantes have ...

PARIS -- The Mona Lisa, Leonardo da Vinci's portrait of the unknown woman with the enigmatic smile, is sparking a new kind of mystery: What is causing the Renaissance masterpiece to deteriorate so ...

A new study took an intriguing turn when scientists discovered a rare compound called plumbonacrite, which only remains stable in an alkaline environment in the first layer of paint in Leonardo da ...

GENEVA (AP) — 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 flashbulbs ...

The Mona Lisa, also known as La Gioconda, is a work by Leonardo Da Vinci and one of the most famous paintings in the world. It is currently on display at the Louvre Museum in Paris and is visited by ...

No other painting is surrounded by as many myths and hypotheses as the famous Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci. The Mona Lisa is in the Louvre Museum in Paris, France.AP/Amel Pain P Pulse Mix Follow No ...