The hidden image has art historians debating who the real-life 'Mona Lisa' was. — -- A hidden portrait underneath the "Mona Lisa" has been discovered by a French scientist, who said he uncovered ...

The subtle smile of the “Mona Lisa” has enchanted the art world for more than 500 years. But does it belong to an entirely different woman? French scientist Pascal Cotte says he has revealed three ...

A French scientist has claimed that Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa, the world's most recognised painting, conceals another portrait beneath it – of an entirely different woman. Pascal Cotte, who has ...

PARIS, Dec. 8 (UPI) --A French scientist who has examined the Mona Lisa for more than a decade says a reflective light analysis technique has allowed him to see beneath the painting, where he's found ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Innovation. Followed categories will be added to My News. French scientist Pascal Cotte claims he has unearthed a painting underneath the surface of the Mona Lisa ...

GENEVA — The mystery behind the most enigmatic smile in art — Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa” — just got a little more complicated. In a coming-out party of sorts in Geneva, rounds of flashbulbs ...

A painting that came on the scene in the early 1900s is gaining sensation with its public display in an Italian city, with some claiming the portrait could be the work of Leonardo da Vinci himself, ...

Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, is irrefutably the most famous painting in existence, and with fame often comes controversy, suspicion, conspiracy. That’s why French scientist Pascal Cotte has been ...

Perhaps the most famous painting in history, Leonardo Da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" is also among the most closely scrutinized — and one scientist has capped a decade of study with the claim (PDF) that ...