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Leonardo da Vinci, Madonna and Child with Flowers otherwise known as Benois Madonna. Photo by: Universal History Archive/ Universal Images Group via Getty Images.
Explore Leonardo da Vinci's most famous works like the Mona Lisa, as well as his drawings and unfinished works. In 1517, Leonardo showed a visitor a portrait of Lisa del Giocondo, the wife of a ...
Leonardo da Vinci paints The Virgin on the Rocks – the most complex Madonna image of the entire Renaissance. But, after a disagreement over money, he withheld the painting.
Leonardo da Vinci, a key historical figure of the Renaissance, left a small but precious collection of paintings. These works, scattered around the world's greatest museums, continue to delight ...
Martin Kemp, one of the world’s leading experts on the polymath, provides a personal guide to all 17 existing paintings—from ‘The Last Supper’ to two versions of ‘The Virgin of the Rocks’ ...
Early Works of Leonardo da Vinci. Clip: Episode 1 | 8m 40s Video has Closed Captions | CC. Leonardo da Vinci’s first commissions are a great way to explore his early painting techniques.
A direct evidence of the effect of egg yolk in oil paint, or lack thereof, can be seen in Leonardo da Vinci’s “Madonna of the Carnation,” one of the paintings observed during the study ...
This painting was begun around 1503 at least, in Florence, then was kept by Leonardo da Vinci until his death, still unfinished in 1519; the work was very probably acquired by Francis I in 1518 ...
The painting, called “Salvator Mundi,” Italian for “Savior of the World,” is one of fewer than 20 paintings by Leonardo known to exist.