Scientists are one step closer to pinpointing fragments of Leonardo da Vinci’s elusive DNA. A team of researchers from the ...

Five centuries after Leonardo da Vinci died, scientists are probing a startling possibility: that microscopic traces of his ...

Researchers suggest that they have recovered sequences from ancient works and from letters that may belong to the Renaissance ...

A discovery in the hunt for Leonardo da Vinci’s DNA could uncover lost artworks and shed light on his genius. The Leonardo da ...

If a philomath were allowed to travel back in time, they would probably start their odyssey by visiting the studio of ...

It is one of the most tantalising – and entertaining – puzzles in art, stretching from the Louvre to the Loire via, well, Norfolk. And our critic thinks he has just worked it out ...

Call it the priciest piece of art — ever. A once-lost portrait of Christ by the iconic Renaissance man Leonardo da Vinci sold Wednesday at auction for $450 million, roughly triple its anticipated ...

In a first, scientists have extracted DNA from a Renaissance-era drawing attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, but they can't be ...

A previously lost work of art by one of the world's greatest artists is being presented at auction by Christie's.Depicting Jesus Christ as the world's savior, Leonardo da Vinci's Salvator Mundi ...

Researchers found clues of a hidden painting that might be a Da Vinci. March 12, 2012— -- It sounds like the stuff of riveting mystery novels: A team of researchers has spent nearly 40 years ...

Learn about the Leonardo DNA Project and the diverse biological traces that survive on the surface of historical artifacts.