Rubens’s Conservation Uncovers Secrets

A 14-month conservation of Peter Paul Rubens’s “The Judgement of Paris” (ca. 1632–35) by the National Gallery in London has uncovered secrets long hidden under layers of paint in the iconic masterpiece. The late work by the Flemish master depicts a scene

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New secret revealed in Mona Lisa painting

A new research published on Oct. 11 has given up a new secret about Mona Lisa. Using X-rays to peer into the chemical structure of a speck of the celebrated work of art, scientists have gained new insight into Leonardo da Vinci’s techniques