Leonardo da Vinci's "The Virgin of the Rocks" painting been under study since 2005. Improved X-ray technology has now highlighted the hidden angels.

Explore Leonardo da Vinci's most famous works like the Mona Lisa, as well as his drawings and unfinished works. In 1517, Leonardo showed a visitor a portrait of Lisa del Giocondo, the wife of a ...

Get your bronze, silver, and gold medals ready, these are the paintings universally accepted to be the sole work of Leonardo da Vinci. Virgin of the Rocks (Louvre Version) (1483–86) ...

Fortunately, anyone can appreciate art, especially with guidance from the 15th-century Renaissance man Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo was an artist driven by “wanting to know.” ...

Martin Kemp, one of the world’s leading experts on the polymath, provides a personal guide to all 17 existing paintings—from ‘The Last Supper’ to two versions of ‘The Virgin of the Rocks’ ...

But well before anyone gave two hoots about Leo's secret code and well after the heroes in a half-shell were past their prime, Vertigo released Chiaroscuro: The Private Lives of Leonardo da Vinci ...

Leonardo da Vinci was one of the most brilliant artists of his time. The master-painter of the Renaissance period, he was not just an artist but also someone who could put life into mere portraits.

More than half a millennium after his death, Leonardo da Vinci is still one of the most well-known artists in the world. The rare artist who, when you name some of his most iconic paintings, most ...

This painting was begun around 1503 at least, in Florence, then was kept by Leonardo da Vinci until his death, still unfinished in 1519; the work was very probably acquired by Francis I in 1518 ...

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 ...