Mona lisa News

Paris - The most visited art museum in the world is the Louvre in Paris with an incredible 9.7 million visitors passing through their doors in 2012.

Florence - Archaeologists believe they have found the skeletal remains of the model who posed for Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa painting.

Kingston - A professor in Queen's University believes that Da Vinci's Mona Lisa was a product of a practice used by Renaissance artists of taking a passage from literature and then incorporating it into a work of art.

Paris - An Italian researcher has sparked controversy over the world's most famous painting with claims that Leonardo da Vinci painted tiny letters into the eyes of the Mona Lisa which may finally reveal a secret code that will identify the model.

French scientists claim that they now understand some of the secrets of da Vinci's paintings by analyzing seven of his paintings housed at the Louvre museum, Paris.

What smile is more ubiquitous than that of the lovely Italian lady known to an adoring world as Mona Lisa? Probably none, but believe it or not, Miss Mona now speaks interactively to visitors and in Chinese to boot. Read on and be amazed.

A Russian woman threw a ceramic mug at Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" earlier this month in an attempt to damage the masterpiece.

German academics believe that they have solved the famous mystery behind the identity of the "Mona Lisa," probably the most famous of Leonardo da Vinci's portraits. Lisa Gherardini, wife of a Florentine merchant matches the description from the study.

A French engineer has uncovered evidence about the eyebrows and eyelashes of the “Mona Lisa” painting by Leonardo da Vinci. He used a high-definition camera to prove his theory.

Who was the lady with the mystical smile so lovingly depicted by Leonardo Da Vinci and serenaded by the velvety baritone of Nat King Cole? Has computer technology cracked some of her mystery? Read on for some thoughts on a fascinating subject