It’s difficult for art conservators to restore damaged paintings and illustrations if they’re unsure exactly what’s caused the damage. Just as curing an illness without knowing its cause can become ...

ROME — Experts unveiled today a previously unknown portrait of Leonardo da Vinci showing the artist and inventor as a middle-aged man with piercing eyes and long, flowing hair. The painting, displayed ...

ROME — Experts unveiled Thursday a previously unknown portrait of Leonardo da Vinci, showing the artist and inventor as a middle-aged man with piercing eyes and long, flowing hair. The painting, ...

As art history lovers flock to the Louvre in Paris to see the blockbuster show celebrating the 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci, a new painting by his hand may have been discovered ...

The only widely accepted self-portrait by da Vinci has developed red blotches, fungi, and spots, referred to as "foxing." The small size of the work (it's only 13.2" x 8.5") combined with its extreme ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. A portrait that sold at Christie’s auction house for just $21,000 is ...

ROME (Reuters) - Leonardo da Vinci is sick and no one really knows if he ever will be able to receive visitors again. Art conservation and restoration experts recently concluded weeks of tests on the ...

ROME (Reuters) - A sketch obscured by handwriting for five centuries in one of Leonardo da Vinci's notebooks may be a youthful self-portrait, according to Italian experts who "aged" the sketch to ...