Art historians have insisted there was no way to improve on Leonardo Da Vinci’s masterpiece the Mona Lisa.Then came “Is It Cake, Too?" In Season 2 of Netflix’s baking competition (now ...

Another fact not many know about the ‘Mona Lisa’ is that the painting was not done on a canvas. Instead, Leonardo created his masterpiece on a single slab of poplar wood.

Centuries after its creation, Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa still has secrets to reveal. Most recently, a high-tech study of the painting found a hidden drawing beneath the paint.

For centuries, Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" and her enigmatic smile have inspired as much speculation as admiration. Now she's ready to answer questions — in Mandarin.

COLUMN. The museum's management wants to isolate the 'Mona Lisa' in a room with its own entrance, which could help rid the painting of overtourism, says Michel Guerrin, editor-in-chief of Le Monde.

While Leonardo occasionally painted on canvas, the “general rule” is that his “mature oil paintings, including the Louvre’s Mona Lisa, were executed on wood,” wrote BBC Culture.

The Mona Lisa arrived on a trolley and Cotte set to work. His Layer Amplification Method (LAM) is based on a camera equipped with the kind of sensor used by weather satellites.

A mash-up of geology and art history has identified a likely setting for ... limestone in the background of Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa helped identify the ... wood panel, not on canvas.