Medieval History
Leonardo da Vinci?s masterpiece The Virgin of the Rocks has gone back on display at the National Gallery in London, England, after 18 months of specialist conservation work. The painting had been covered with a layer of badly discoloured varnish from the late 1940s. Following expert cleaning, the painting has been restored to its former glory and has revealed new details about how Leonardo created this work....
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- New Theory About The Background Of Da Vinci's Mona Lisa
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- The Painting Once Sold For £45 'is A Long-lost Leonardo Worth £120million'
A painting once sold for £45 at auction has been identified as a work by Leonardo Da Vinci and is estimated to be worth a world record £120 million. The oil on wood panel painting, Salvator Mundi, or Saviour of the World, depicts Christ with his right...
Medieval History
Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece restored
Leonardo da Vinci?s masterpiece The Virgin of the Rocks has gone back on display at the National Gallery in London, England, after 18 months of specialist conservation work. The painting had been covered with a layer of badly discoloured varnish from the late 1940s. Following expert cleaning, the painting has been restored to its former glory and has revealed new details about how Leonardo created this work....
Read this news article on Medievalists.net
- An Earlier Version Of The Mona Lisa?
The Swiss-based Mona Lisa Foundation believes they have proven that Leonardo da Vinci painted an earlier version of the Mona Lisa. Known as the Isleworth Mona Lisa, the canvas painting is larger the original Mona Lisa, as well being brighter and...
- Exhibition Reveals The Genius Of Leonardo?s Anatomical Work
Leonardo da Vinci?s ground-breaking studies of the human body and anatomy are to go on display this week in London, England. The exhibition, which takes place almost 500 years after his death, will feature 87 pages from Leonardo?s notebooks, including...
- What A Real-time Copy Of The Mona Lisa Reveals About Leonardo
The most mysterious painting in the history of European art just got a little more mysterious. For centuries, Madrid's Prado Museum has held what was believed to be a mere replica of Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece, the Mona Lisa. But researchers...
- New Theory About The Background Of Da Vinci's Mona Lisa
It is arguably the most famous and highly debated portrait ever, but new research has sparked a debate about the landscape behind Leonardo da Vinci?s Mona Lisa. The enigmatic work, which hangs in the Louvre in Paris, has been the subject of speculation...
- The Painting Once Sold For £45 'is A Long-lost Leonardo Worth £120million'
A painting once sold for £45 at auction has been identified as a work by Leonardo Da Vinci and is estimated to be worth a world record £120 million. The oil on wood panel painting, Salvator Mundi, or Saviour of the World, depicts Christ with his right...