Martin Kemp, one of the world’s leading experts on the polymath, provides a personal guide to all 17 existing paintings—from ...

Despite being a prolific draughtsman, fewer than 20 paintings by Leonardo survive. But which were his greatest hits?

And so this is perhaps the culmination of Leonardo’s trajectory as a scientist and artist. He’s taken this straightforward subject and turned it into something wonderful. Martin Kemp [Leonardo ...

His brave attempts made a lasting impression on the art world, influencing generations of artists who followed him and defining the bar for depiction in the decades that followed. Leonardo died in ...

Ginevra de' Benci was a poet famed for her beauty and intellect. But art historians know little about her beyond the writings ...

It’s 573 years today since Leonardo was born on April 15, 1452 in Florence, just in time to have a foundational impact on the High Renaissance and, by extension, on the course of Western art.

A painting by Leonardo da Vinci sold for $450.3 million at Christie's, by far the highest price for any work of art sold at auction—and a sign of the lofty place the great Italian artist holds ...

Encore Fridays, Jan. 17 and 24, 2025 at 8 p.m. and Sundays, Jan. 19 and 26 at 11 p.m. on KPBS 2 / Stream now with KPBS Passport! LEONARDO DA VINCI looks at how the artist influenced and inspired ...

Leonardo da Vinci paints The Virgin on the Rocks – the most complex Madonna image of the entire Renaissance. But, after a disagreement over money, he withheld the painting. Meanwhile ...

More than half a millennium after his death, Leonardo da Vinci is still one of the most well-known artists in the world. The rare artist who, when you name some of his most iconic paintings ...