No other painting is surrounded by as many myths and hypotheses as the famous Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci. More than 500 years after the iconic oil painting was created, a researcher says she has ...

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 ...

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 ...

When visitors step into the Louvre, most make a beeline for one small painting. It isn’t the largest, most colorful, or even the most technically complex artwork there. Yet, the Mona Lisa commands ...

PARIS -- The Mona Lisa, Leonardo da Vinci's portrait of the unknown woman with the enigmatic smile, is sparking a new kind of mystery: What is causing the Renaissance masterpiece to deteriorate so ...

Few artworks have inspired as much wonder, speculation, and myth as Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa. Behind its serene smile lies a history woven through centuries of royal collections, scientific ...

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 ...

A painting that came on the scene in the early 1900s is gaining sensation with its public display in an Italian city, with some claiming the portrait could be the work of Leonardo da Vinci himself, ...

Two women threw pumpkin soup at the 'Mona Lisa' on Sunday at about 10 a.m., the Louvre confirmed in a statement to PEOPLE • The "Mona Lisa," the famous Leonardo da Vinci panting, was not damaged ...