Leonardo da Vinci, Virgin of the Rocks (1483-86) Courtesy the National Gallery, London. Coline Milliard December 9, 2014 Share Share This Article. The clue is in the daffodils.

Take Leonardo da Vinci’s the Virgin of the Rocks, in which the infant Jesus finds himself in a shadowy cave on an Alpine playdate with a baby John the Baptist.

A series of sketches and hand prints made by Leonardo Da Vinci, and hidden underneath one of his most famous paintings for more than 500 years, have been revealed for the first time. Scientific ...

A series of sketches and hand prints made by Leonardo Da Vinci, and hidden underneath one of his most famous paintings for more than 500 years, have been revealed for the first time.

The data processing of this recent scientific analysis is still underway, and with “The Virgin of the Rocks” scheduled to appear at the gallery’s new “Leonardo: Experience a Masterpiece ...

A deep dive into Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Virgin of the Rocks” (ca. 1491/2-9 and 1506-8) has revealed unexpected images of now-hidden drawings lying underneath its surface.

Researchers at the National Gallery of London have used cutting-edge techniques to reveal a hidden drawing beneath Leonardo da Vinci's The Virgin of the Rocks.It shows that the great artist and ...

Leonardo da Vinci, The Virgin of the Rocks (1491–99, 1506–08). The lines show the underdrawing for the first composition, incorporating information from all technical images.

During his lifetime, some 500 years ago, Leonardo da Vinci was known as the pioneer of modern anatomy and a painting genius. But there is something clearly wrong with his masterpiece The Virgin of ...

A palm tree in an Alpine scene prompts Kelly Grovier to follow a trail of clues that unlock a 15th-Century mystery – transforming Da Vinci masterpieces into ruminations on the Earth’s ...