LONDON (Reuters) - Leonardo da Vinci's thumbprint and preparatory sketches for some of his most famous works are going on display to the public at Buckingham Palace, in what is being billed as the ...

Microbiomes are all the scientific rage, even in art conservation, where studying the microbial species that congregate on works of art may lead to new ways to slow down the deterioration of priceless ...

A 20-year-old record for the most expensive drawing by Leonardo da Vinci fell at Christie’s London, where Head of a Bear, a rare petite silver point drawing on pink-beige prepared paper, fetched £8.9 ...

From June 21 to August 20, the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in downtown DC will present “Imagining the Future—Leonardo da Vinci: In the Mind of an Italian Genius.” The exhibition will ...

The drawing known as “Head of a Bear” was sketched on a square piece of pale, pink-beige paper measuring just less than 3 inches. The piece is believed to have been drawn around 1480. It was estimated ...

Someone with deep pockets can soon own art related to "The Last Supper." A pair of chalk and pastel drawings of Leonardo da Vinci's legendary painting will soon go up for auction by Sotheby's. The ...

"Grotesque Head of an Old Woman," recently acquired by the National Gallery of Art, is one of several studies by Leonardo exploring exaggerated facial expression. Leonardo da Vinci, "Grotesque Head of ...

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