One of the most written-about Renaissance artists, da Vinci may also be among the most poorly understood.

A rare portrait by Bernardino de’ Conti, a peer of Leonardo da Vinci, set a record at Sotheby's Master Paintings auction.

The math that describes the branching pattern of trees in nature also holds for trees depicted in art—and may even underlie ...

The Mona Lisa continues to captivate the world with its secrets. Every new study raises more questions than answers, keeping ...

A series of underground passages have been found under Sforza Castle in Milan by experts at the city's Polytechnic University ...

This frenzied scene is from Leonardo da Vinci’s ... A drawing by Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) after da Vinci's "The Battle of Anghiari" (Vladimir Polotovskiy/Getty Images ...

The European Central Bank is redesigning euro banknotes to feature figures like Leonardo da Vinci, Maria Callas, and Ludwig ...

In 1460, Francesco Sforza, the duke of Milan, decided he required a royal residence. He seized upon the ruins of a medieval fortress in northern Italy and over the next few years, oversaw its ...

In 1494, Francesco’s successor, Ludovico Sforza, built on the castle’s tradition and hired Leonardo da Vinci to create art ...

Truly, the tale of a lost (!) da Vinci (!!) falls somewhere between “The Goldfinch” and Dan Brown. I mean, for God’s sake, it involves a Latin clue written into another painting; I was done with Doyle ...