The Mona Lisa is the most widely recognised and most famous painting ever. Although the King of France, Francis I, and ...

But what exactly is it about this 16th-century masterpiece that continues to captivate hearts and minds worldwide, making it arguably the most famous painting in history? At first glance, the Mona ...

Many historians have come up with answers about whom they believed the Mona Lisa was in real life. The most common answer is that the Mona Lisa is a portrait of the real-life Lisa Gherardini who was ...

PARIS — The Mona Lisa, Leonardo da Vinci’s portrait of the unknown woman with the enigmatic smile, is sparking a new kind of mystery: What is causing the Renaissance masterpiece to deteriorate so ...

In the Louvre, the Mona Lisa is flanked by guards who usually help keep the crowds moving through the packed Salle des États. But after staff forced the Paris museum to close Sunday amid safety ...

French President Emmanuel Macron announced a massive renovation of the Louvre in Paris -- including a separate gallery for the museum's most famous holding, Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa. POOL/AFP via ...

The mysterious half-smile that has intrigued viewers of the Mona Lisa for centuries isn’t really that difficult to interpret, Dutch researchers said Thursday. She was smiling because she was happy — ...

Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa might just be the singularly most famous painting in the world. Perhaps unsurprisingly, it is also one of the most replicated. While many of us are familiar with 20th ...