For centuries, the sole method of telling whether a work of art was real or fake was that of a ... is the recent display of a “second” Mona Lisa. The “Isleworth Mona Lisa” – named ...

The mesmerizing gaze of its subject is thought to have inspired the exquisite, treacherous painting in Oscar Wilde’s "The ...

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 ...

The Mona Lisa by the Italian Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci is the most famous painting in the world. What is the secret behind the "real" Mona Lisa? It draws legions of visitors to the ...

However, the Mona Lisa (real name ‘La Gioconda’ because the subject is thought to be Italian noblewoman Lisa del Giocondo) was actually bought by the French king Francis I from Leonardo da Vinci.