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 ...

UNDATED (CNN Newsource/CNN/WKRC) - People have wondered and guessed for decades where the setting location in the Mona Lisa painting is. One geologist said she knows. The Mona Lisa, painted by ...

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 techniques that ...

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 ...

A new study took an intriguing turn when scientists discovered a rare compound called plumbonacrite, which only remains stable in an alkaline environment in the first layer of paint in Leonardo da ...

A tiny sample from a hidden corner of Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa” has uncovered a big secret. The famously experimental artist painted the 16th century portrait using a lead compound not ...

(AP) The mystery behind the most enigmatic smile in art Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa” just got a little more complicated. In a coming-out party of sorts in Geneva, flashbulbs popped Thursday as the ...

Two protesters doused the glass case surrounding the Mona Lisa in soup on Sunday. The women wore shirts that read “Riposte Alimentaire,” or “Food Retaliation.” They ducked under a security barrier to ...

No other painting is surrounded by as many myths and hypotheses as the famous Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci. The Mona Lisa is in the Louvre Museum in Paris, France.AP/Amel Pain P Pulse Mix Follow No ...