Among Leonardo da Vinci's most famous paintings ... Method shines bright lights on a painting, then measures their reflections to figure out what's hidden under the topcoat of paint.

While studying a Leonardo da Vinci painting ... and now it's come closer to understanding the secrets of da Vinci's hidden painting. Fourteen years ago, a team of scientists, conservators, and ...

Leonardo da Vinci ... painting was already flaking. By the mid-16th century, The Last Supper had lost much of its original brilliance. The porous wall absorbed moisture from the convent’s ...

Researchers found clues of a hidden painting that might be a Da Vinci. March 12 ... And this element matches with Leonardo's plan to paint his 'Battle of Anghiari' with oil technique." ...

‘It’s the complexity and symbolism woven in that has had people speculating ever since [da Vinci created the painting]. And as ever with Leonardo, nothing is accidental,' the expert share ...

The auction house Christie’s is putting the last Leonardo Da Vinci painting in private hands up for sale. It’s an ethereal image of Jesus called “Salvator Mundi,” translated as “Savior ...

On Wednesday, it was auctioned for a record-breaking $450 million (380 million euros) as a long-lost Leonardo da Vinci ... s auction house, which conducted Wednesday’s sale. The painting depicts ...

The world’s most expensive painting was only partly made by Leonardo da Vinci — a revelation that allegedly sparked a cover-up and an international political scandal, according to a new ...

Leonardo da Vinci’s “Ginevra de’ Benci,” a 15th-century portrait that museum curators had eyed for years. “The painting really became famous as a work by Leonardo in the earlier part o ...

It's the only painting by Leonardo in a private collection, according to Christie's auction house. Visitors wait outside Christie's to view Leonardo da Vinci's "Salvator Mundi", Nov. 14 ...

Griffin. The 26-inch-tall Leonardo painting is unique in that it eschews da Vinci's typical poses — which often featured subjects in three-quarter view with their heads swiveled toward the ...

Not DiCaprio, but the fellow from the Italian town of Vinci, that Renaissance genius who more than warrants the four hours of "Leonardo da ... s passions were so varied – from painting to ...