The paint fragment from the base layer of the “Mona Lisa” that was analyzed was barely ... and came from the top right-hand ...

Past theories about the background have focused primarily on the bridge and the road in the painting. Some scholars have ...

the Mona Lisa is an oil painting on a poplar panel. X-ray and infrared analysis of samples taken from the base layer of the painting have revealed that the paint contained a toxic mixture.

If that isn’t bad enough, the job itself was hazardous because paint contained ... Vincenzo returns the Mona Lisa to Florence. In the intervening time the painting stayed in his wardrobe in ...

A clip of that album’s first music video caused a stir this morning, as the world watched Lady Gaga draw a smile on the Mona Lisa ... da Vinci’s actual painting. What’s more, unhinged ...