After 28 months, Vincenzo Perugia was arrested for the theft of the Mona Lisa. Shown here is the transfer of the painting from the Italian Ministry of Public Instruction to France. Bettmann / Corbis ...

10 Most Famous, Paintings in the World. Museums across the world are home to some of the most well-known paintings of all time. . In honor of International Artist's Day, here are the 10 most famous ...

From the Mona Lisa to the American Gothic, these famous paintings don’t just grace museum walls; they offer a glimpse into the past and define entire generations. Although most of these masterpieces ...

You don't need to be an art expert to have heard the names of some of the world's most famous masterpieces. The Mona Lisa, for example has become a staple meme in modern days. But if you wanted to see ...

Imagine finding a super-valuable painting in your attic or at a flea market. While the most expensive paintings ever sold tend to be famous pieces everyone watches, some of them were rediscovered ...

Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer is known to have created 36 pieces of artwork during his life, including his most famous painting, "Girl with a Pearl Earring." The painting depicts a woman, but it's not ...

Explore Leonardo da Vinci's most famous works like the Mona Lisa, as well as his drawings and unfinished works. In 1517, Leonardo showed a visitor a portrait of Lisa del Giocondo, the wife of a ...

The Norwegian artist Edvard Munch is internationally renowned for the palpable sense of angst and anguish in his Expressionist and Symbolist works. But fans of his might feel similarly upon learning ...

The dramatic life story of Artemisia Gentileschi easily captures the imagination. This may be why many of her most famous paintings—including Judith Slaying Holofernes and Jael and Sisera—are those in ...

Who was Beatrice Cenci and why is her portrait one of the most copied? ANTIQUES ROADSHOW takes a look at one of the most famous trials of the sixteenth-century. “It was the O.J. Simpson trial of the ...