An unknown 19th-century portrait of UMD medical school founder has been discovered in a former Baltimore seafood restaurant’s ...

The oil painting depicts Lisa del Giocondo, an Italian noblewoman, and was constructed with the model staring directly forward. The piece has been immortalized across centuries in modern media ...

Researchers who used X-ray equipment on the 16th-century “Mona Lisa" has gained new insights into Leonardo da Vinci’s painting techniques.

Mona Lisa is an oil painting by Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), one of the most revered painters of all. It's believed the Mona Lisa was begun in 1503 or 1504 in Florence, Italy and took several ...

The thin, poplar panel on which the Mona Lisa is painted in oil has changed shape since conservation experts last evaluated it, the Louvre Museum said. Leonardo's masterwork -- now nearly 500 ...

Described as "the best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung about, the most parodied work of art in the world," we are all familiar with the Mona Lisa. However, it's less ...

The Mona Lisa oil painting, among the world’s greatest art treasures, hangs in the Louvre. Art historians believe Leonardo drew or painted a nude version of the Mona Lisa.

Along with lead white pigment and oil, ... The “Mona Lisa,” like many other paintings from the 16th century, was created on a wood panel that required a thick base layer, ...

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