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

The exhibition of Leonardo da Vinci's works at the Louvre in Paris isn't the only way to mark the 500th anniversary of the artist's death. He spent the last years of his life in France's Loire Valley.

“Leonardo da Vinci and the Perfumes of the Renaissance,” an exhibition at the Château du Clos Lucé in Amboise, France, takes visitors on a scented journey through the famed Mona Lisa ...

Despite being perhaps the best-known artist of all time, Leonardo da Vinci was not a prolific ... as an anonymous mistress of Francis I of France, Queen Isabella of Aragon, or either Cecilia ...

LEONARDO DA VINCI: Tavares Strachan on Leonardo's Transgressive Transcendence In 1516, now 64 years old, Leonardo received an invitation from the young King of France to move to Amboise ...

Florence (Italy) (AFP) – Leonardo da Vinci ... the countryside outside Florence, da Vinci spent his life travelling around Italy before dying in Amboise, France in 1519, at the court of King ...

Two chalk and pastel studies of Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper” that ... but it’s something which came from France.” Two drawings from the set of 11 studies, including one that ...

Scientists have discovered a new secret about how Leonardo da Vinci painted his enigmatic masterpiece ... the team of scientists and art historians in France and Britain discovered.

As the Loire River glides gently east to west, officially separating northern from southern France, it has come ... from here since Roman times. Leonardo da Vinci retired here — just one more ...

In 1516, he invited the 64-year-old Leonardo da Vinci to France, installing him at the Château de Cloux near the royal castle at Amboise and providing him with a generous salary. Unlike Leonardo ...