An underground tunnel network long rumored thanks to drawings by Leonardo da Vinci under Milan’s Sforza Castle are proven to exist. Ground-penetrating radar and laser scanning revealed that the ...
A tiny sketch of a bear by Leonardo da Vinci sold for over $12 million on Thursday, setting a new auction record for a drawing by the renaissance artist. Measuring less than 8 square inches, the item ...
The artworks of Leonardo da Vinci are vast and storied. “The Last Supper.” “The Vitruvian Man.” The “Mona Lisa,” for goodness sake. But even amongst such a storied and well-studied body of work, there ...
Art experts are analyzing a nude sketch they believe could have been a precursor to Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa. Scientists at the Louvre in Paris, where the masterpiece hangs, are examining a ...
There’s something vaguely familiar about this charcoal sketch of a woman’s face and nude torso — could it be an unclothed precursor to the Mona Lisa by the master himself? French government art ...
A petite, Post-it-sized sketch by Leonardo da Vinci sold Thursday night in London for more than £8.8 million (US$12.2 million), setting a world record for a drawing by the renowned artist. Sold ...
Much like “Salvator Mundi,” the proposed da Vinci sketch is likely to attract intense scrutiny New research suggests the artist completed preparatory work for “The Battle of Anghiari” but failed to ...
An Italian court has blocked the loan of a famed sketch by Leonardo da Vinci to the Louvre museum in Paris, ahead of a highly anticipated exhibition of the artist’s greatest works. Culture and ...