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Jul 15, 2010 09:40 AM ET // Teresa Shipley
Hidden underneath one of Leonardo da Vinci's paintings, art historians have uncovered clues about how the famous Renaissance thinker and painter created his masterpieces. After a laborious 18-month restoration, an art conservation team has discovered that da Vinci's "Virgin of the Rocks" painting w...
Dec 13, 2010 05:20 PM ET // Rossella Lorenzi
While this controversial claim is quickly spreading over the Internet to the delight of Dan Brown's fans, it has not gained much support among Leonardo scholars.
Sep 27, 2012 04:33 PM ET // Rossella Lorenzi
Mathematics helped experts to identify a hidden Da Vinci technique and claim a portrait of a younger Mona Lisa was Da Vinci's.
Sep 13, 2012 01:29 PM ET // Rossella Lorenzi
The remains of Lisa Gherardini, thought to be the famous Mona Lisa, have likely been found at a Florentine convent.
Jul 18, 2012 02:01 PM ET // Rossella Lorenzi
A complete skeleton has been found at the site of a former nunnery in Italy and may belong to the woman who is believed to have posed for Da Vinci's Mona Lisa.
Aug 23, 2010 02:40 PM ET // Rossella Lorenzi
The otherworldly glow of Mona Lisa's smile could be the result of a technique that da Vinci perfected over his career.
May 9, 2012 08:15 AM ET // Rossella Lorenzi
A blog claiming so is debunked. But Lincoln did hold a patent for a device to lift boats over shoals in a river.
Sep 6, 2011 10:48 AM ET // Rossella Lorenzi
A lost Da Vinci fresco may lie inside a 14th-century wall, and only a special camera, yet to be built, can see it.
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