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

Ginevra de' Benci was a poet famed for her beauty and intellect. But art historians know little about her beyond the writings and artworks left behind by the men who admired her ...

Published in a new book, the elaborate family tree goes back to 1331 to Michele, the great-great-great grandfather of the ...

Also known as Portrait of an Unknown Woman, it isn’t only ... these are the paintings universally accepted to be the sole work of Leonardo da Vinci. Virgin of the Rocks (Louvre Version) (1483 ...

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

An underground tunnel network long rumored thanks to drawings by Leonardo da Vinci under Milan’s Sforza Castle are proven to ...

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 ...

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

“Leonardo da Vinci” (PBS) is a four-hour journey into ... anatomist and artist responsible for the most famous painting of all time. The two-part series was co-directed by Sarah Burns and ...

Her image is everywhere from T-shirts to coffee mugs, but it was only recently that the true identity of the woman in the ...