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 ...

Leonardo da Vinci’s “Ginevra de’ Benci,” a 15th-century portrait that museum curators had eyed for years. “The painting really became famous as a work by Leonardo in the earlier part o ...

The only known Leonardo da Vinci painting in private hands is heading to auction. The portrait of Jesus Christ, Salvator Mundi, was only recently confirmed to be by Leonardo. This piece was ...

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 ...

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

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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 ...

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 ...

For more than five centuries, Leonardo Da Vinci has been celebrated as a visionary artist, scientist, and inventor, known for his extraordinary talent and groundbreaking experiments. Today, an ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.