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

Centuries before the invention of the automobile, Leonardo da Vinci designed a device that seems to resemble a CVT. But did ...

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

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 ...

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

For centuries, critics and observers alike have argued over if Mona Lisa is smiling. Do we now have an answer?

This was the case with none other than the most famous painting ever, Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci. It is said that da Vinci began to paint his greatest work in 1503 but only finished it in 1517, so ...

Many Louvre employees find Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa”, the most famous work of art in the world, overrated. Yet around four-fifths of visitors come mainly to see it, bypassing other ...

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 ...