There's a hidden drawing underneath the "Mona Lisa" — and it shows that this masterpiece almost looked very different.

Explore Leonardo da Vinci's most famous works like ... subject in Medieval and Renaissance art. Here, Mary is Leonardo’s focus. Mary's right hand, which is on the back of John the Baptist ...

One of the most written-about Renaissance artists, da Vinci may also be among the most poorly understood.

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

Fortunately, anyone can appreciate art, especially with guidance from the 15th-century Renaissance man Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo was an artist driven by “wanting to know.” He considered ...

This frenzied scene is from Leonardo da Vinci ... and debate for more than 50 years. A drawing by Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) after da Vinci's "The Battle of Anghiari ...

Leonardo da Vinci could have experienced nerve ... as well as painting. But art historians have debated which hand he used to draw and paint with. Analysis of his drawing shows shading sloping ...

I have come to Windsor Castle to see the queen’s collection of Leonardo da Vinci drawings. Outside the towering stone walls, tourists snap selfies and rummage through souvenir tea towels.

Leonardo da Vinci's famed "Mona Lisa" portrait is getting a new home at Paris' Louvre while the museum undergoes renovations.

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