From here it passed to the Louvre. The Mona Lisa’s present life as the most egregiously pirated painting in history did not, however, begin until August 1911, when it was stolen by Vincenzo ...

More than a century ago, the Mona Lisa was stolen from its famed Paris museum, Louvre, and recovered shortly after. Many ...

After measuring the relative scale and spacing of the whirling strokes, the researchers say van Gogh "accurately captures" ...

With no record of the portrait's painting left behind in the artist's journals, the mystery of Mona Lisa's background may never be solved. But with new geological evidence at her disposal ...

I walked across to a giant wall-sized painting called The Wedding at ... took some time to address the true significance ...

The broadcaster and journalist Andrew Marr explores the secret science and painting methods underneath the Mona Lisa. Watch the full ... about performance. We go behind the scenes of the legendary ...

Villa Mona Lisa, a 15-bedroom private villa on 67 acres of Tuscan vineyards, was the family home of Lisa Gherardini aka Mona ...

the Louvre decided it was time to boost the Mona Lisa's security once again. Since 2019, the painting has been behind a more transparent piece of bulletproof glass. Not only does this upgraded ...

but the renovators have so far been able to work around Mona Lisa. Now, they need to carry out work on the wall behind the painting. Another painting in the same room, Veronese's Wedding Feast at ...

Watch as expert announces findings on "Mona Lisa" » "One ... have looked when the painting was new. The skin tones of Leonardo's model appear as a warm pink and the sky behind her is a glowing ...