PARIS (AP) – An intense and controversial restoration of the last great work by Leonardo da Vinci goes before the public Thursday at the Louvre Museum, revealing “The Virgin and Child with ...

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Journalists walk past Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa during a visit of the Louvre museum Tuesday, June 23, 2020. Christophe Ena / AP ...

Documentary filmmakers Ken Burns, his daughter Sarah Burns, and her husband, David McMahon, are the co-directors of a new two-part miniseries called Leonardo da Vinci. Ken and Sarah Burns sat down ...

Da Vinci’s masterpiece wasn’t the only target of activists — later in 2022, protesters hurled Heinz tomato soup at Vincent van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” at the National Gallery in London.

Scientists have discovered a new secret in Leonardo da Vinci’s iconic Mona Lisa. AP “In this case, it’s interesting to see that indeed there is a specific technique for the ground layer of ...

Leonardo da Vinci, The Virgin, the Christ Child, Saint John the Baptist and an Angel, also known as the Virgin of the Rocks (1483/1494). Courtesy Musée du Louvre.

Very cool," an X post claimed on Nov. 18, 2023. It had over 390,000 views. "Leonardo da Vinci with the model who posed as Mona Lisa. Believed to be taken about 1508 or 1509," another post claimed.

While the Mona Lisa is set to get her own room at the Louvre, Leonardo da Vinci himself will be celebrated with a brand-new museum in the city of Pueblo, Colorado — the first and only ...