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Article: Louvre Agrees To Chemical Analysis Of “Mona Lisa”

The Louvre has collaborated with the Labor­atoire du Centre de Recherche et de Restauration des Musées de France and the European Synch­rotron Radia­tion Facility to perform a quantitative chemical analysis on the Mona Lisa, 1503-06, and the faces of seven other works by the artist. Using x-ray fluorescence, researchers analysed the composition and thickness of [...]

Article: A Leonardo masterpiece hidden inside a wall in Florence?

Some say that Leonardo's “The Battle of Anghiari” is behind a Vasari fresco in Florence’s city hall.  This article details devices now being used to detect the painting by firing neutrons into the wall. Article