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FILE - Journalists walk past Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa during a visit of the Louvre museum Tuesday, June 23, 2020. Using X-rays to peer into the chemical structure of a tiny speck of the celebrated work of art, scientists have gained new insight into the techniques that Leonardo da Vinci used to paint his groundbreaking portrait of the woman with the exquisitely enigmatic smile. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)

Scientists pry a secret from the ‘Mona Lisa’ about how Leonardo painted the masterpiece

By John Leicester - Associated Press

Tourists take snapshot of the Leonardo da Vinci's painting Mona Lisa, at the Louvre museum, in Paris, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019. The Louvre, the home of the &quot;Mona Lisa,&quot; is commemorating the 500th anniversary of Leonardo Da Vinci's death with a landmark new exhibit. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Da Vinci exhibition opens in Paris, proves a major success

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Journalists gather near a Mona Lisa image by Leonardo da Vinci during a visit at the Louvre museum Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019 in Paris. A unique group of artworks is displayed at the Louvre museum in addition to its collection of paintings and drawings by the Italian master. The exhibition opens to the public on Oct.24, 2019. (AP Photo/Rafael Yaghobzadeh)

Louvre exhibit acclaims Da Vinci, 500 years after his death

By CLAIRE PARKER - Associated Press

This Tuesday April 14, 2015 photo made available Tuesday Oct. 8, 2019 shows Leonardo da Vinci's &quot;Vitruvian Man&quot; during an exhibition in Milan, Italy. An administrative court in Venice has temporarily suspended Tuesday Oct. 8, 2019 the loan of Leonardo da Vinci's &quot;Vitruvian Man&quot; to the Louvre for an exhibition that is set to open later this month. (Matteo Bazzi/ANSA via AP)

Venice court temporarily blocks da Vinci loan to Louvre

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Visitors closely admire early Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli's &quot;Spring&quot;, at the Uffizi Gallery museum, in Florence, Italy, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019. To protect the masterpieces in the Uffizi Gallery’s collection, the Florence museum’s director climbed a ladder and hurled an employee’s bicycle down at a sheet of glass specially made to keep prized pieces such as Botticelli’s “Spring” and “Birth of Venus” safe from vandals. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Will populist politics undo a renaissance at Italy’s Uffizi?

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron and Italian President Sergio Mattarella visit the Chateau d'Amboise to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the death of Italian renaissance painter and scientist Leonardo da Vinci at the Chateau d'Amboise, in Amboise, south of Paris, France, Wednesday, May 2, 2019. (Philippe Wojazer, Pool via AP)

France, Italy honor Leonardo 500 years after artist’s death

By SYLVIE CORBET and COLLEEN BARRY - Associated Press

This image provided by Larry Robbins shows a numbered outline of a self portrait of Dan Robbins. Family members say Robbins, an artist who created the first paint-by-numbers pictures and helped turn the kits into an American sensation during the 1950s has died. Dan Robbins' son says his father died Monday, April 1, 2019 in Sylvania, Ohio. He was 93. (Courtesy of Larry Robbins via AP)

Artist who created first paint-by-numbers pictures dies

By JOHN SEEWER - Associated Press

Visitors attend the press presentation of the 'Secrets of the Codex Atlanticus. Leonardo at the Ambrosiana&quot; exhibition, at the Ambrosiana Library in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018. The Leonardo year at the Ambrosiana opens on 18 December 2018 with an exhibition in two parts, each lasting three months, which will present a total of 46 sheets, chosen from among the most famous and important of the Codex Atlanticus, the true Leonardo treasure at the Ambrosiana, retracing the career of the artist almost from beginning to end, from his early years in Florentine until his last years in France in the service of Francis I. The first part of the exhibition from 18 December 2018 to March 17, 2019, opens with Leonardo's drawings specifically related to the city of Milan. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Milan to showcase da Vinci to mark 500 years since his death

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FILE - In this Monday, March 27, 2017 file photo, visitors take pictures of Leonardo da Vinci's &quot;Adoration of the Three Wise Men&quot;, returned to the public of the Uffizi museum after 6 years of study and restoration, in Florence, Italy. Leonardo da Vinci is often hailed as the most universal genius. Not for Italy’s nationalist government, which is livid that the Louvre is counting on Italian museums to lend many of the native Italian native's masterpieces for a blockbuster exhibit in Paris. (Maurizio Degl'Innocenti/ANSA via AP, File)

Italy livid about deal to loan Leonardo works to Louvre

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo dated Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011, visitors view the painting &quot;Lady with an Ermine&quot; by Leonardo da Vinci at the exhibition in Berlin. Poland’s culture minister Piotr Glinski has survived a no-confidence vote after he was accused of wasting public money when paying 100 million euros ($120 million) to a Polish-Spanish aristocrat for an art collection that includes Leonardo da Vinci’s “Lady with an Ermine.” (Photo/Markus Schreiber, FILE)

Polish official withstands da Vinci purchase criticism

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA - Associated Press

Visitors to Christie's wait outside in a line to view Leonardo da Vinci's &quot;Salvator Mundi&quot;, Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017, in New York. The painting is expected to sell at auction for $100 million on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

The Latest: Christie’s: Leonardo sale an honor of a lifetime

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In this photo provided by the Conde museum, Chateau de Chantilly, and dated Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017, chief curator of heritage, Bruno Mottin, left, examines a charcoal sketch through a microscope, depicting a nude woman while Mathieu Deldicque, curator at Conde museum, looks on, at the Center for Research and Restoration of the Museums of France in Paris, France. There's something vaguely familiar about this charcoal sketch of a woman's face and nude torso _ could it be an unclothed precursor to the Mona Lisa? (Domaine de Chantilly via AP)

Mona Lisa unveiled? Nude sketch may have link to masterpiece

By NICHOLAS GARRIGA - Associated Press

Uffizi museum manager Erik Smith gestures as Leonardo da Vinci’s &quot;Adoration of the Three Wise Men&quot; is returned to the public after 6 years of study and restoration, in Florence, Italy, Monday, March 27, 2017. Painted in 1481, it is one of the most important works of the early Leonardo. (Maurizio Degl' Innocenti/ANSA via AP)

Leonardo’s “Adoration of the Magi” now cleaner, brighter

By FRANCESCO FEDELI and NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

Da Vinci addresses the importance of lightweight structures and illustrates the structure of a mechanical wing in the codex on plans for human flight.

The Da Vinci codex: Treasured sketches of flight on rare display at Smithsonian

By Roland Flamini - Special to the Washington Times

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Leonardo and the Last Supper’

By Michael Taube - Special to The Washington Times

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Mona Lisa’

By Michael Taube - Special to The Washington Times

Louvre reveals dark faces of Old Master Raphael

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

Isleworth Mona Lisa conjures new art world mystery

By JAMEY KEATEN - Associated Press