103 famous faces in one painting

telegraph.co.uk

Mar. 16, 2009

Josef Stalin and Leonardo da Vinci are deep in conversation Vladimir Putin rests his legs next to a sprawled Mike Tyson while Margaret Thatcher - clutching her handbag - looks on with disdain.

Dealer doubts da Vinci work's authenticity

ROME, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- A New York art dealer says she does not believe a painting she once owned was created by famed Italian painter Leonardo da Vinci.

Experts to look for lost Leonardo work

FLORENCE, Italy, March 28 (UPI) -- Art officials in Florence, Italy, have resumed the search for a fresco by Leonardo da Vinci believed to be hidden in a Palazzo Vecchio wall.

Study: Mona Lisa neither man nor da Vinci

URBANA-CHAMPAIGN, Ill., March 7 (UPI) -- A University of Illinois scientist says Mona Lisa probably wasn't a man, and it's even more unlikely it was a self-portrait of Leonardo da Vinci.

Unseen da Vinici is displayed in Italy

ANCONA, Italy, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- A museum in Ancona, Italy, is displaying a never-seen-before painting believed to have been created by Leonardo da Vinci.

Stalin better than Putin say Russia's reds

MOSCOW, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Russia's communists still believe Josef Stalin was a better ruler than President Vladimir Putin, the Moscow Times reported Wednesday.

Mona Lisa has less to smile about

PARIS, April 26 (UPI) -- Mona Lisa's smile may turn into a scowl if Leonardo da Vinci's famous portrait isn't restored, experts at the Louvre museum warned Monday.