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                                |   | Historian identifies Romito Bridge in Mona Lisa's background
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
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                                |   | Italian historian claims to have identified bridge in Mona Lisa backdrop
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
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                                |   | Was Leonardo da Vinci's mother a slave? An Italian professor believes so
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
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                                |   | 'Leonardo da Vinci’s mother allegedly a slave in Central Asia'
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
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                                |   | New research claims Leonardo da Vinci’s mother was a slave
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
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                                |   | Leonardo da Vinci’s mother was a slave, claims Italian novelist
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
                                                    Italy
                                                
                                            
                                                                                                                
                                    
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                                |   | Italian novelist: Leonardo's da Vinci's mother was a slave
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
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                                |   | Da Vinci son of Caucasus slave – expert
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                |   | Leonardo da Vinci was the son of a slave and half-Italian, expert claims
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
                                                    Italy
                                                
                                            
                                                                                                                
                                    
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                                |   | Leonardo da Vinci’s mother was a teenage slave trafficked to Italy, new book claims
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
                                                    Italy
                                                
                                            
                                                                                                                
                                    
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                                |   | Climate change protesters fined over 'Last Supper' protest
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                |   | Can typewriter draw? Artist types out portraits of cultural figures
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                |   | UK climate activists glue themselves to masterpieces
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
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                                |   | Major museum casts fresh doubt over the authenticity of $450M 'Salvator Mundi'
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
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                                |   | Faithful replica of ‘Mona Lisa’ fetches 210,000 euros in Paris
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
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                                |   | Mystery of Icy Plumes That May Foretell Deadly Supercell Storms Solved by Stanford Scientists
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                |   | Researchers identify 14 living descendants of Leonardo da Vinci's family
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                |   | Researchers identify 14 living descendants of Leonardo da Vinci
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                |   | Fourteen living descendants of Leonardo da Vinci are identified
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
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                                |   | Artist Vinci among 14 living male relatives of Leonardo
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                |   | Leonardo Da Vinci project finds 14 living male descendants
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                |   | DNA researchers hope to uncover secret of Leonardo Da Vinci's genius from 14 living descendants
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                |   | Tiny Leonardo da Vinci bear sketch could fetch over $16M
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                |   | Leonardo da Vinci's 'Head of Bear' drawing may fetch over $16 million at auction
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                |   | Da Vinci drawing to fetch up to $16 million at Christie's
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                |   | Leonardo da Vinci bear drawing expected to fetch £12m at auction
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                |   | Leonardo da Vinci drawing expected to fetch up to £12m at auction
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                |   | Da Vinci drawing to fetch up to $16 million at Christie's
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                |   | Louvre opens nearly half a million artworks for digital access 
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
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                                |   | The Saudi Royal Family May Have Paid $450 Million For A Fake Leonardo da Vinci Painting… A Pain...
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
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                                |   | A Clash of Wills Keeps a Leonardo Masterpiece Hidden
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                |   | Louvre says $450m painting is not by Leonardo after all
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
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                                |   | Saudi Crown Prince MBS Pressed The Louvre To Lie About His Fake Leonardo Da Vinci, Per New Docu...
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
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                                |   | 'Salvator Mundi' may not be full da Vinci portrait, French film says
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
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                                |   | Painting only part of Da Vinci
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
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                                |   | Leonardo da Vinci exhibition's last stage inaugurated in Senegal
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
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                                |   | Italian police find stolen copy of Leonardo 'Salvator Mundi'
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
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                                |   | Man arrested as priceless painting found in cupboard
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
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                                |   | Italy: Leonardo da Vinci copy handed back to museum that didn't know it had been stolen
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
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                                |   | Italian police find stolen 500-year-old painting stashed in cupboard
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
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                                |   | Police recover 500-year-old stolen copy of Leonardo da Vinci's 'Salvator Mundi'
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                |   | COVID-19: Louvre puts personal time with Mona Lisa up for auction to help plug ailing finances
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                |   | Lost Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece never painted by Renaissance genius, say experts 
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                |   | Da Vinci’s Secret Drawing Underneath The ‘Mona Lisa’ Reveals How Different This Masterpiece Alm...
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                |   | UK art: New London exhibition explores da Vinci masterpiece
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
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                                |   | Gaze don't glance: Leonardo da Vinci, the mediative show, opens at National Gallery
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                |   | Louvre debuts long-awaited Leonardo Da Vinci retrospective
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
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                                |   | Louvre debuts long-awaited Leonardo Da Vinci retrospective
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
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                                |   | Leonardo da Vinci: Louvre's long-awaited exhibition
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                |   | How the 1911 theft of the Mona Lisa made it the world’s most famous painting
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                |   | Biggest ever Leonardo da Vinci exhibition to open in Paris
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
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                                |   | The biggest ever exhibition of Leonardo da Vinci works is about to begin
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                |   | Leonardo da Vinci feud: The 'earlier' Mona Lisa mystery
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                |   | Italian court rejects bid to halt loan of da Vinci work to Louvre
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
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                                |   | Leonardo da Vinci's 'Vitruvian Man' cleared to go to the Louvre
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
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                                |   | The Louvre wants to include this $450 million painting in its big show about da Vinci. Its myst...
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                |   | MIT engineers tested da Vinci's bridge design. Here's how it held up
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                |   | Court blocks loan of da Vinci's famed 'Vitruvian Man' to Louvre
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
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                                |   | Venice court blocks loan of da Vinci's 'Vitruvian Man' to the Louvre
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                |   | Italians laughed at Leonardo da Vinci, the ginger genius
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                |   | Italy and France bury hatchet over Leonardo da Vinci celebrations
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
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                                |   | Leonardo da Vinci may have painted another 'Mona Lisa.' Now, there's a legal battle over who ow...
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                |   | Abandoned sketch discovered under landmark Leonardo da Vinci work
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                |   | Sketches hidden underneath Leonardo masterpiece revealed after 500 years
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                |   | What does it take to move the Mona Lisa?
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                |   | What's so special about this picture?
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                |   | What Leonardo da Vinci Couldn’t Finish
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                |   | The great master's enduring legacy
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                |   | See moment Da Vinci painting sold for $450M
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                |   | The $450 million question: Where is Leonardo da Vinci's 'Salvator Mundi'?
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                |   | Did Leonardo da Vinci invent the handbag?
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                |   | Leonardo's Salvator Mundi reappears in Mohammed bin Salman's yacht
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
                                                    Saudi Arabia
                                                
                                            
                                                                                                                
                                    
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                                |   | Is Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman hiding a Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece on his yacht?
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
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                                |   | Disputed Da Vinci painting shows up on Saudi crown prince’s superyacht — report
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
                                                    Saudi Arabia
                                                
                                            
                                                                                                                
                                    
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                                |   | Is Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman hiding a Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece on his yacht?
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
                                                    Saudi Arabia
                                                
                                            
                                                                                                                
                                    
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                                |   | Da Vinci image on yacht of Saudi Crown Prince
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
                                                    Saudi Arabia
                                                
                                            
                                                                                                                
                                    
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                                |   | World's most costly painting on Saudi prince's yacht: Report
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
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                                |   | World's most costly painting on Saudi prince's yacht: Report
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
                                                    Saudi Arabia
                                                
                                            
                                                                                                                
                                    
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                                |   | "Salvator Mundi is on a luxury yacht"
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
                                                    Saudi Arabia
                                                
                                            
                                                                                                                
                                    
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                                |   | Disputed Da Vinci painting shows up on Saudi crown prince’s superyacht — report
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
                                                    Saudi Arabia
                                                
                                            
                                                                                                                
                                    
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                                |   | ‘Short of imagination’: Germaine Greer scorns Leonardo da Vinci’s art
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                |   | Louvre casts doubts on $450 million 'Leonardo' authenticity
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                |   | Leonardo da Vinci may have had ADHD, study says
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                |   | Did Leonardo Da Vinci have ADHD? Psychiatry professor's paper claims condition was behind his p...
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                |   | Did Leonardo Da Vinci have ADHD? Psychiatry professor's paper claims condition was behind his p...
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                |   | Leonardo da Vinci may have left Mona Lisa unfinished due to 'claw hand'
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                |   | Bonisoli blocks Leonardo: "No loan at the Louvre"
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
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                                |   | Leonardo's 'claw hand' stopped him painting
                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                    
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                                |   | Week in Review: Paris May Day protests turn violent, Arundhati Roy & the world is getting angri...
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
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                                |   | France and Italy in couple therapy in Chambord
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
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                                |   | French, Italian leaders honour da Vinci 500 years after death
                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                
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