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Cult

National Gallery exhibition displays single Da Vinci painting

"The Virgin of the Rocks" was once displayed in a church in Milan that has since been destroyed.

09/11/2019

France

Mona Lisa returned to home in the Louvre after causing 'visitor jam'

Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece had been moved due to renovations.

08/10/2019

France

Leonardo da Vinci: Why he still fascinates 500 years after his death

The Italian artist, scientist and engineer died on May 2, 1519. His influence is still being felt today.

02/05/2019

France

France and Italy commemorate Da Vinci's 500th anniversary

Rome and Paris are setting aside recent tensions this Thursday to honour the memory of the Renaissance genius in the town where he spent his final years.

02/05/2019

Italy

Watch: Leonardo da Vinci renaissance as painter is ploughed in field

Dario Gambarin used a tractor to furrow lines forming a 27-sq-km representation of da Vinci's face in a field.

25/04/2019

Italy

Research 'proves Da Vinci could draw with both hands'

Research from the Uffizi gallery in Florence has proved that Renaissance master Leonardo Da Vinci could draw and paint with both hands.

11/04/2019

Living

The old silk factory using Da Vinci's 500-year-old machine design

A small but historical workshop is going centuries back in time to make silk.

19/12/2018

USA

Da Vinci painting sells for world record $450m

The price for Da Vinci's portrait of Christ was more than double the previous record.

16/11/2017

United Kingdom

Leonardo da Vinci's $100 million rediscovered painting

It's currently on display at Christie's in London before its sale next month in New York.

24/10/2017

Cult

'Lost' Leonardo Da Vinci painting to be auctioned

The last Leonardo de Vinci painting in private hands is going to auction in New York in November

11/10/2017

France

'Nude portrait of the Mona Lisa' discovered

Curators believe that a nude portrait kept for years could be a sketch version of the Mona Lisa.

29/09/2017

Culture news

Renaissance man Da Vinci celebrated in major Milan exhibition

The Palazzo Reale in Milan is celebrating the archetypal Renaissance man Leonardo Da Vinci with the largest ever exhibition of his works organised in Italy.

27/05/2015

Italy

Newly discovered Da Vinci murals go on show at Milan Expo

Sections of a Leonardo Da Vinci mural which have been hidden for over 500 years are to go on show at this week’s Milan’s Expo 2015. 'Lost' Leonardo

28/04/2015

Switzerland

Missing da Vinci masterpiece found in Swiss bank vault

A long-lost portrait by Leonardo da Vinci has been seized from a Swiss bank vault by Italian police investigating tax and insurance fraud. Talks were

10/02/2015

Culture news

Vocational training abroad with Leonardo da Vinci

11/01/2013