Second Mona Lisa Unveiled for First Time in 40 Years
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — It’s a mystery straight out of the Da Vinci Code. A famous portrait, hidden away in a Swiss bank vault for 40 years, with the potential to break open a mystery more than 500 years old. A second, earlier version…
Is There Another Mona Lisa?
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The Mona Lisa is one of, if not the most famous piece of art in the world. Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece has inspired numerous forgeries and impersonators but none of them can compare to the original, w…
Is There Another Mona Lisa?
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The Mona Lisa is one of, if not the most famous piece of art in the world. Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece has inspired numerous forgeries and impersonators but none of them can compare to the original, w…
Mona Lisa’s Bones Beneath Italian Church?
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(FLORENCE, Italy) — The bones of Mona Lisa, the woman who posed for Leonardo da Vinci’s famous masterpiece in the 1500s, may be located beneath an altar in an Italian church, according to researchers.Archaeologists in Flore…