Whenever I imagine Leonardo da Vinci, I invariably picture Patrick Godfrey, the white-whiskered British actor who played him in the 1998 Cinderella movie Ever After. What the Italian painter actually ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. More than 10,000 pages of Leonardo's personal notes survive, most ...

The only widely accepted self-portrait by da Vinci has developed red blotches, fungi, and spots, referred to as "foxing." The small size of the work (it's only 13.2" x 8.5") combined with its extreme ...

This media is in the public domain (free of copyright restrictions). You can copy, modify, and distribute this work without contacting the Smithsonian. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's ...