While studying a Leonardo da Vinci painting in 2005 ... likely as a replacement for the first. da Vinci believed that the church wasn't offering adequate payment for the second version, so ...

Explore Leonardo da Vinci's most famous works like the ... The Adoration is actually the first experimental painting in the history of Western art. Mary of course was the most common subject ...

La Belle Ferronnière is one of the first “modern ... these are the paintings universally accepted to be the sole work of Leonardo da Vinci. Virgin of the Rocks (Louvre Version) (1483 ...

Among Leonardo da Vinci's most famous paintings is a portrait of a woman ... It was entirely absent in a first version; a second included a gray, thinner ermine, the Telegraph reports.

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. It might seem odd to suggest, but Leonardo da Vinci’s reputation ...

The likely Leonardo da Vinci painting "Salvator Mundi" looks straightforward at first glance: a depiction of Jesus Christ in Renaissance-era clothing, raising one hand in blessing and holding a ...

Researchers found clues of a hidden painting that might be a Da Vinci. March 12, 2012— -- It sounds like the stuff of riveting mystery novels: A team of researchers has spent nearly 40 years ...

Leonardo da Vinci paints The Virgin on the Rocks – the most complex Madonna image of the entire Renaissance. But, after a disagreement over money, he withheld the painting. Meanwhile ...

The Annunciation, painted around 1472-1475, is one of Leonardo da Vinci's first major works. This painting depicts the Archangel Gabriel announcing to the Virgin Mary that she would bear Christ ...

An underground tunnel network long rumored thanks to drawings by Leonardo da Vinci under Milan’s Sforza Castle are proven to ...

When Leonardo da Vinci was creating his masterpiece ... crystals in the priming layer—the first time shannonite has been detected in a historical painting, according to the authors.