Leonardo da Vinci, one of the greatest Renaissance painters, was a perfectionist who spent many years going over the same sections of the 'Mona Lisa'.

Her image is everywhere from T-shirts to coffee mugs, but it was only recently that the true identity of the woman in the ...

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

A painting of the Mona Lisa hangs above a fireplace in a London flat in the 1960s. Is this picture not only by Leonardo da Vinci, but also an earlier version of the world famous portrait that ...

Never has a piece of art attracted more interest than a half-length portrait painting by the Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci ...

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

The new study of the Da Vinci brand uses historical context to debunk the artist’s cult status and present him as a man of ...

Well done if you found the real Mona Lisa! If you missed it, don’t worry—slide to reveal the answer. Leonardo da Vinci ...

It’s no mean feat to be history’s most famous polymath, but Leonardo da Vinci surely takes the ... Masterpieces like The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa remain some of the most celebrated ...

Have you ever pictured yourself as "Mona Lisa," that mysterious lady that Leonardo da Vinci painted so long ago? Or do you have more in common with the stalwart farmers of "American Gothic" that Grant ...

Life flows peacefully in Vinci: Leonardo is struggling with his incredible inventions, Lorenzo helps him and Gioconda observes them mockingly. When A mysterious storyteller comes to town and ...