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For centuries, critics and observers alike have argued over if Mona Lisa is smiling. Do we now have an answer?

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Picture this: It’s 1939. War clouds are looming over Europe, Hitler’s armies are gearing up to roll into France, and the world is on the brink of chaos. But while politicians and generals ...

Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa, painted in the 15th century, is widely regarded as the most famous painting in the world. It’s game time! Can you locate the real Mona Lisa before the clock hits zero?

A painting of the Mona Lisa hangs above a fireplace in a London flat in the 1960s. Is this picture not only by Leonardo da Vinci, but also an earlier version of the world famous portrait that ...

After centuries of debate, a new study finds that the Mona Lisa is indeed smiling, challenging long-held art historical ...

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“Then one day, Vincenzo Peruggia, a glazier who had worked at the Louvre, tried to sell the world’s most famous painting to an Italian art dealer... who alerted the authorities. So the Mona Lisa was ...