Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa isn't just a painting; it's a global phenomenon. Housed within the Louvre Museum in Paris, this ...

Visitors observe the painting "Mona Lisa" by Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci on display in a gallery at the Louvre in Paris on May 19, 2021. (Getty Images) ...

He noted that Da Vinci lived there with Cardinal Cesare Borgia between 1501 and 1503, the year he started painting the Mona Lisa. The bridge in Laterina had four arches as depicted in the painting.

The search for the Mona Lisa bridge 04:05. Tuscany — If you manage to elbow your way past the crowds at Paris' Louvre museum to get close enough to stare into the eyes of Leonardo da Vinci's ...

The Mona Lisa has been targeted by protesters in the past. In 2022, a man who dressed as an elderly woman smeared the painting with a cakelike cream. More than a decade earlier in 2009, a woman ...

"The Mona Lisa is the most famous painting in the world. So everything had to be precise," Uy says. "Make one thing off and everyone knows it's a fake. And you really have to capture that smile.

And in 2009 a woman threw a ceramic mug at the painting, which shattered against the glass, meaning the Mona Lisa was undamaged. Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at [email protected] .

Louvre visitors in front of The Wedding Feast at Cana by Paolo Veronese in June 2024. The painting is among several masterworks that may soon cease to play "second fiddle'" to the Mona Lisa ...