Many historians have come up with answers about whom they believed the Mona Lisa was in real life. The most common answer is that the Mona Lisa is a portrait of the real-life Lisa Gherardini who was ...

Archaeologists digging for the remains of the real-life Mona Lisa have found a female skeleton, but they say it doesn't belong to the mysterious Florentine noblewoman, according to news reports. The ...

FLORENCE, Italy (Reuters) - Researchers opened a centuries-old Florence tomb on Friday in a search for remains that could confirm the identity of the woman whose enigmatic smile Leonardo da Vinci ...

Researchers have opened graves in a decayed convent in Florence, Italy to try and find the woman who may have modelled for Leonardo da Vinci in his most famous painting. According to Italian art ...

For centuries, viewers of Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa have been captivated by her mysterious smile and timeless gaze. But behind the brushstrokes was a real woman—Lisa Gherardini, wife of a Florence ...

The grand estate of the real Mona Lisa, known as Via della Prata, is up for sale. The Florentine countryside estate, which lies a couple miles outside of Florence, Italy, has been listed for €18 ...

MADRID - Until recently, the copy of the Mona Lisa at the Prado museum - one of dozens made over the centuries - was not much of a draw. Then, Ana Gonzalez Mozo took an interest. Over the past two ...

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Criminal acts, from the leveling of Les Halles to the rise of the Montparnasse Tower, rumble through the history of Paris. But few events have caused more headlines, outrage and shock than the heist ...

PARIS (Reuters) - A French street artist's interpretation of the Mona Lisa made of 330 Rubik's Cubes sold for 480,200 euros ($520,680) on Sunday at a modern art auction in Paris, well above presale ...