Scientists use lasers to test whether painting ‘signed by Leonardo Da Vinci’ is genuine - Traditional pigments used during ...

Learn about a Renaissance painting that has what appears to be Leonardo da Vinci's signature, along with a surprise blue ...

Researchers at Uppsala University have analyzed the color pigments in a historical painting signed "L daVinci." Most of the ...

Leonardo da Vinci paints The Virgin on the Rocks and the portrait Lady with an Ermine. Leonardo da Vinci paints The Virgin on the Rocks – the most complex Madonna image of the entire Renaissance. But, ...

The Battle of Anghiari, a work of art depicting four soldiers fighting atop warhorses during a key battle of Italy's 15th Century Wars in Lombardy, is often considered "The Lost Leonardo". Peter Paul ...

An upcoming book by art historian Stephen J. Campbell, Da Vinci: An Untraceable Life, digs into what we know—and what we never can know—about the Renaissance genius. In the book, Campbell “addresses ...

1. The painting depicts a shocking moment from the Last Supper. The Last Supper was a common motif for the artists of da Vinci’s time. But the ingenious painter decided to focus on a specific moment ...

If you were friends with Leonardo da Vinci, there’s a variety of favors you could have asked him for. You could have asked him to paint you a fine portrait, or to build you a flying machine, or to ...

Leonardo da Vinci is a 2-part, 4-hour docuseries directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns and David McMahon. It’s Ken Burns’ first project that isn’t about an American subject, but given how da Vinci’s ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alexandra Bregman writes mainly about the art market. The Jean Nouvel-designed building is an architectural masterpiece, ...

Miami billionaire and Citadel CEO Ken Griffin has acquired something few private art collectors in the world can claim to own: a rare painting attributed to Leonardo da Vinci and his studio. And ...