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 ...

This video explains how Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa remained relatively unknown for centuries after its completion around ...

After Leonardo da Vinci’s death in 1519, the Mona Lisa entered the French royal collection and passed through the hands of ...

You may have seen the Mona Lisa on coffee mugs, phone cases, textbooks, and museum walls, but Leonardo da Vinci’s painting ...

Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa has been long studied and celebrated for its virtuosic composition and sfumato technique, its mysterious background and sitter, but two experimental psychologists in ...

The “Mona Lisa” has given up another secret. Using X-rays to peer into the chemical structure of a tiny speck of the celebrated work of art, scientists have gained new insight into the techniques that ...

Art historians have tussled for ages over many aspects of what is arguably the world’s most famous painting: Leonardo’s Mona Lisa (ca. 1503–08). Who was the sitter? What does her smile mean? Is the ...

Why is the Mona Lisa the most famous painting in the world? Artist Adebanji Alade, is unlocking the secrets of the world's ...