Martin Kemp is Professor Emeritus of Art History at the University of Oxford, and his book “Leonardo by Leonardo” presents a stunning gallery of the master’s paintings alongside Kemp’s own insights, ...
Robert Simon encountered a Leonardo da Vinci painting and got emotional. “I cried,” he told The Post of seeing the work hanging in Christie’s New York, displayed ahead of a 2017 auction. “Thank God ...
The Mona Lisa’s real rise to stardom began with a crime. On a summer morning in 1911, the painting vanished from the Louvre.
Leonardo da Vinci spends 14 years working on the Mona Lisa, the culmination of all his knowledge. Toward the end of his life, Leonardo da Vinci finally finds the perfect patron – the King of France – ...
A painting once bought for $60 is about to go under the hammer, billed as "the greatest artistic rediscovery of the 21st century." Leonardo da Vinci's "Salvator Mundi" was unveiled at Christie's New ...
PARIS—The Leonardo drawings were what did it for me. Their intimacy, their vitality and freshness, the way they captured figures simultaneously at rest and in motion. The Virgin Mary washing a young ...
The likely Leonardo da Vinci painting "Salvator Mundi" looks straightforward at first glance: a depiction of Jesus Christ in Renaissance-era clothing, raising one hand in blessing and holding a clear ...
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 ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alex Ledsom is a France-based contributor who covers travel. The Louvre has unveiled its definitive exhibition this week on ...
According to a December report by The Washington Post, there may be an undiscovered Leonardo da Vinci painting hidden in Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts’s collection. The Post received an anonymous tip ...
Architects are being asked to submit proposals for a new entrance for the world’s most visited museum — and to create a new exhibition space for the Mona Lisa. By Aurelien Breeden The secret beauty in ...