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There are many ways to look at the Louvre but writer Elaine Sciolino invites us to view the largest museum in the world ...
Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa isn't just a painting; it's a global phenomenon. Housed within the Louvre Museum in Paris, this ...
The artist said he was inspired to create the image after his visit to the Louvre in Paris was ruined by people glued to ...
Knicks star Karl-Anthony Towns and girlfriend Jordyn Woods visit Mona Lisa up close during romantic Paris trip ...
The Mona Lisa hasn't always been a huge tourist attraction. It turns out the most famous painting in the world owes its legend to a brazen Italian thief who stole it from the Louvre and vanished ...
The Mona Lisa continues to captivate the world with its secrets. Every new study raises more questions than answers, keeping the fascination with this Renaissance masterpiece alive.
France's President Emmanuel Macron said the Mona Lisa painting would be given its own "special space" within the Louvre as he unveiled a plan to renovate the museum.
Built in 1300, the historic estate near Florence once belonged to Francesco del Giocondo, husband of the famed noblewoman depicted in Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece.
It is widely believed that Mona Lisa was not just a figment of da Vinci’s imagination, but a real woman named Lisa Gherardini. It is said that she was the wife of Francesco del Giocondo, a ...
After being held by a family for 40 years in Hawthorn, a rare 17th-century expert copy of Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa has sold for 10 times its estimate.
The Mona Lisa has traditionally been associated with Lisa Gherardini, the wife of a Florentine silk merchant. But there’s plenty of evidence pointing to a different identity.