“Isleworth Mona Lisa,” oil on canvas, 33 1/4 x 25 2/5 inches, attributed by some scholars to Leonardo da Vinci (image via Wikimedia Commons) She's an icon, she's a legend, and she is the moment — but ...

For centuries, viewers of Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa have been captivated by her mysterious smile and timeless gaze. But behind the brushstrokes was a real woman—Lisa Gherardini, wife of a Florence ...

A painting that came on the scene in the early 1900s is gaining sensation with its public display in an Italian city, with some claiming the portrait could be the work of Leonardo da Vinci himself, ...

Archaeologists digging for the remains of the real-life Mona Lisa have found a female skeleton, but they say it doesn't belong to the mysterious Florentine noblewoman, according to news reports. The ...

Researchers have opened graves in a decayed convent in Florence, Italy to try and find the woman who may have modelled for Leonardo da Vinci in his most famous painting. According to Italian art ...

Archeologists in Florence, Italy, believe they have unearthed the bones of the real Mona Lisa. Researchers told Discovery News they’ve discovered a skeleton they believe to be Mona Lisa underneath the ...

Naoto Nakagawa, paintings from the “Mona Lisa Series” (2017–19), acrylic on canvas, each piece 30 x 21 inches, the same dimensions as those of the original “Mona Lisa” (c.1503–19) by Leonardo da Vinci ...