A new high-tech study of Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa suggests that the Renaissance master created the painting using a previously unknown preparatory sketch. The faint traces of a charcoal ...

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

Explore Leonardo da Vinci's most famous works like the Mona Lisa, as well as his drawings and unfinished works. In 1517, Leonardo showed a visitor a portrait of Lisa del Giocondo, the wife of a ...

He found that the under drawing of the painting shows a different silhouette then what is showcased in the painting. Lastly, he discovered a small hairpin placed just above the Mona Lisa’s head ...

Over the course of 15 years, experts have conducted a high-tech study of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa, revealing a hidden drawing beneath the surface of the painting. The drawing was discovered ...

This sketch was then painted over with Leonardo ... According to Vogt-Luerssen’s detailed analysis of the Mona Lisa, the symbols of the Sforza house and the depiction of mourning garb both ...

He found that the under drawing of the painting shows a different silhouette then what is showcased in the painting. Lastly, he discovered a small hairpin placed just above the Mona Lisa's head ...