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In 2014, conservators found a painting of a man in a bow tie (pictured) hidden beneath one of Pablo Picasso's first masterpieces, The Blue Room, using advanced infrared imagery.
The NFT of La Bella Principessa consists of a 500 million-pixel hologram encased in crystal that sold for $103,739.
The Mona Lisa painting by Leonarodo di Vinci has been known to be a portiot of the real life Lisa Gherardini. The painting with the mysterious smile brings many to the Louvre.
The Da Vinci Coda. 7 March 2021 I have a Mona Lisa on my fridge. Not the Mona Lisa, just a Mona Lisa. This one is free from the smokey yellow varnish of the one in the Louvre, and so its colours shine. The sky behind the sitter is very blue, her face is very pale, and her sleeves are a sort of bright terracotta. Those sleeves are a bit of a shock. The whole thing is a shock - even if you know it's coming. I first encountered this Mona Lisa downstairs at the Prado in Madrid a few years back, which is where I also picked up my fridge magnet. (I also have Las Men...