And before anyone points out that the Mona Lisa has received some restoration – although never ... process takes something away from the original. Authenticity is a huge deal in photography.

Frankie Dytor receives funding from The British Academy. When Bernard Berenson learned that Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa had been stolen from the Louvre Gallery in Paris, the art critic heaved ...

National Art Gallery head of exhibition and research Zanita Anuar said the original Mona Lisa painting was a French national treasure and could not be brought out of the country.