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

The Mona Lisa, also known as La Gioconda, is an oil painting of a Renaissance woman painted by Da Vinci in 16th century Florence, Italy. The work is hailed as an artistic masterpiece for its display ...

Read our pick of the best Paris art exhibitions to see in May, from rock 'n' roll photography by Dennis Morris at MEP to ...

Geologist and Renaissance art historian Ann Pizzorusso believes that Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa in Lecco, Italy. Lecco is a small city on the southeastern shore of of Lake Como ...

The Mona Lisa is probably the most celebrated artwork ever made, visited by millions of tourists every year, constantly re-invented by film-makers, meme-makers and advertisers. But for art ...

With such a robust art collection, the Louvre has earned the ... but the crowds can be a major turnoff (especially around the glass-enclosed "Mona Lisa"). Not to the point that you should skip ...

In 1911, a mysterious thief slipped the Mona Lisa out of the Louvre, shocking the world. The disappearance set off a global ...

What is undeniable is that it took nearly 24 hours for someone to notice the Mona Lisa was gone. It's believed artist Louis Béroud first reported the missing artwork to security after arriving at ...

Early on the morning of August 21, 1911, a brazen thief dressed as a museum employee entered the Louvre in Paris without raising an alarm. The building was only open to staff when the Italian man ...