What other mysteries has this legendary master hidden in his works? 5. A mistake in the painting Salvator Mundi If you take a close look at the painting, you will notice that the sphere in Jesus’s hand is transparent. But Leonardo, who studied the laws of optics carefully, should’ve known that the background behind the crystal …

It is a work of art noted for its enigmatic smile, and now scientists have recreated the Mona Lisa on the microscopic scale. Experts built the world’s smallest version of Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece, measuring 0.5 square micrometres, about the size of an e-coli bacterium. They used a process called DNA origami, they manipulated strands …

A 500-year-old painting of Christ believed to be the work of Leonardo da Vinci is heading to the Louvre Abu Dhabi, BBC News reports, citing the museum sources. The newly-opened museum made the announcement on Twitter, without specifying whether it had bought the painting at auction this month. Media reports say it was purchased by …

It is the highest auction price for any work of art and brought cheers and applause at the packed Christie’s auction room. Leonardo da Vinci died in 1519 and there are fewer than 20 of his paintings in existence. It is the highest auction price for any work of art and brought cheers and applause …

The missing last piece of a painting by Belgian surrealist Rene Magritte was found underneath another of the artist’s works at a museum in Brussels using x-ray imaging, Reuters reports. The fourth part of ‘The Enchanted Pose’ (1927) was painted over by Magritte to create his 1935 to 1936 work ‘God is not a Saint.’ …