In Tuscany, five living descendants of Leonardo da Vinci have been discovered. Scientists have traced their lineage back to ...

The Leonardo DNA Project, launched in 2016, aims to recover Leonardo’s Y chromosome and reconstruct his genetic profile. More ...

For more than five centuries, Leonardo Da Vinci has been celebrated as a visionary artist, scientist, and inventor, known for ...

The results verify the continuity of the Da Vinci male lineage back to at least the 15th generation, more than 500 years ...

Born on April 15, 1452, Leonardo da Vinci is one of humankind's greatest and most creative minds. He may be best known for influential paintings such as the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper ...

An underground tunnel network long rumored thanks to drawings by Leonardo da Vinci under Milan’s Sforza Castle are proven to ...

The oldest of the five living heirs, Dalmazio Vinci, 89, has a passion for flight that began with building model aeroplanes, ...

A study published in the book Genìa Da Vinci revealed that Leonardo da Vinci has at least six living male descendants who ...

Leonardo da Vinci is a 2-part, 4-hour docuseries directed ... art and innovation has pervaded in the five centuries since his death, getting the Burns treatment seems to be fitting here.

This painting was begun around 1503 at least, in Florence, then was kept by Leonardo da Vinci until his death, still unfinished in 1519; the work was very probably acquired by Francis I in 1518.