Category: Mona Lisa

Did Leonardo da Vinci paint a nude Mona Lisa? I may have just solved this centuries-old mystery

by The Guardian | Jan 9, 2026 | Art, Art and design, Culture, Leonardo da Vinci, Mona Lisa, Painting, The Guardian | 0 |

It is one of the most tantalising – and entertaining – puzzles in art, stretching from the Louvre to the Loire via, well, Norfolk. And our critic thinks he has just worked it outIncreased security after the recent heist has made...

Mona Lisa to be placed in private room as part of sweeping Louvre renovation

by The Guardian | Jan 28, 2025 | Art, Art and design, Culture, Emmanuel Macron, France, Leonardo da Vinci, Mona Lisa, Museums, Paris, The Guardian | 0 |

The French president, Emmanuel Macron, also announced a ‘new grand entrance’, funded by the museum’s own resourcesThe Mona Lisa, the world’s most famous portrait, is to get a room of its own in the Louvre, as the world’s most...