How the world's most famous painting ended up in a bathroom and on an ambulance stretcher before finding a permanent home at ...

Many historians have come up with answers about whom they believed the Mona Lisa was in real life. The most common answer is that the Mona Lisa is a portrait of the real-life Lisa Gherardini who was ...

For centuries, the Mona Lisa has mesmerized viewers with her mysterious smile, captivating the imaginations of art lovers, historians, and scholars alike. Now, through the use of advanced X-ray ...

PARIS (AP) — The “Mona Lisa” has given up another secret. Using X-rays to peer into the chemical structure of a tiny speck of the celebrated work of art, scientists have gained new insight into the ...

Tuscany — If you manage to elbow your way past the crowds at Paris' Louvre museum to get close enough to stare into the eyes of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa — and you then manage to break eye contact ...

Mona Lisa's secrets are unlocked as Da Vinci's painting techniques are recreated. Her elusive smile is the perfect combination of art, science, optics and illusion – the greatest triumph of Leonardo ...

French President Emmanuel Macron announced a massive renovation of the Louvre in Paris -- including a separate gallery for the museum's most famous holding, Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa. POOL/AFP via ...

The Mona Lisa painting was created by Leonardo da Vinci, the legendary artist and scientist from the Renaissance period. The woman depicted in the painting is believed to be Lisa Gherardini, the wife ...

After 28 months, Vincenzo Perugia was arrested for the theft of the Mona Lisa. Shown here is the transfer of the painting from the Italian Ministry of Public Instruction to France. Bettmann / Corbis ...