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MFA displays rare, beautiful da Vinci drawings in new exhibit

Look closely at the woman’s eyes, and the drawing will remind you of the Mona Lisa. Small in size and unknown by a wide audience, the Leonardo da Vinci drawing is considered by art experts as ...
Artnet

Leonardo da Vinci Hid Invisible Drawings in His Sketches. Now High-Tech Scanners Have Brought Them to Light

To mark the 500th anniversary of the Leonardo da Vinci’s death, a collection of his drawings are going on a UK tour next year. But if you think that “Leonardo da Vinci: A Life in Drawing,” as ...
The Hill

A Leonardo da Vinci drawing of a bear the size of a Post-it note sold for more than $12M

The drawing known as “Head of a Bear” was sketched on a square piece of pale, pink-beige paper measuring just less than 3 inches. The piece is believed to have been drawn around 1480. It was ...
CBS News

Rare Leonardo da Vinci drawings, of and by him, going on display 500 years after his death

London -- A drawing of a bearded, pensive-looking man owned by Queen Elizabeth II is a portrait of Leonardo da Vinci, a royal art adviser said Thursday on the 500th anniversary of his death.
Smithsonian Magazine

Exhibition to Reveal da Vinci’s Invisible Drawings

So far as we know, Leonardo da Vinci completed fewer than 20 paintings in his lifetime. But the leading Italian Renaissance artist did leave behind thousands of drawings, which he used to prepare ...
Artnet

France Issues Export Ban on Newly Discovered $16 Million Da Vinci Drawing

A recently-discovered drawing of St. Sebastian thought to be by the hand of Leonardo da Vinci has been deemed “a national treasure” by the French government, which has now placed an export ban on ...