The Leonardo DNA Project, launched in 2016, aims to recover Leonardo’s Y chromosome and reconstruct his genetic profile. More ...

Ginevra de' Benci was a poet famed for her beauty and intellect. But art historians know little about her beyond the writings ...

For more than five centuries, Leonardo Da Vinci has been celebrated as a visionary artist, scientist, and inventor, known for ...

Martin Kemp, one of the world’s leading experts on the polymath, provides a personal guide to all 17 existing paintings—from ...

Also known as Portrait of an Unknown Woman ... these are the paintings universally accepted to be the sole work of Leonardo da Vinci. Virgin of the Rocks (Louvre Version) (1483–86) Back again ...

Leonardo da Vinci was the illegitimate son of a notary and a woman whose identity remains shrouded in mystery. He died in 1519 with no known children. Yet today, a bold effort is underway to ...

The Ugly Duchess by Quentin Matsys is an influential painting that has many theories surrounding its intention and meaning.

This confirms the genetic continuity of the male line of the da Vinci family, at least since the 15th generation.

Raphael and Dürer struck up a long-distance friendship when they were at the peak of their popularity, living over 600 miles ...

My quest for a true literary experience resulted in choucroute, a surprise organ feast, an epiphany at the Louvre, ...

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Old Sainsbury might have been glad to hear that after two years and a £85 million spend, the refurbished Sainsbury Wing is ...