An Italian appellate court has overturned the ban on the loan of the celebrated drawing

Ahead of the blockbuster at the Musée du Louvre, we get an exclusive first read of the publication written by Martin Kemp, Robert Simon and Margaret Dalivalle

Forthcoming exhibition on the Renaissance master reveals ground-breaking new research on Italian literary sources

The ruling also suspends the wider agreement for the exchange of works of art between France and Italy

Paris museum's attempts to secure $450m Leonardo look doomed to failure, and the loser will be art history

Italian conservationists say they may attempt to block the loan of the famous drawing

Speculation remains over whether Salvator Mundi will appear

The Vitruvian Man—normally only shown for a few weeks every six years—will travel from Venice’s Gallerie dell'Accademia to Paris

We reveal the research and science behind the monograph exhibition exploring the Renaissance painter's artistic evolution

We revisit interviews about the headline-making auction of the famous painting, its origins and its present whereabouts

X-rays showing artist's original composition reveal that angel and Infant Christ were positioned higher up

What better way to boost its star power than by making it "disappear" for a few months?

The painting, long the subject of an attribution dispute, is now at the centre of a legal conflict over ownership

The Leonardo painting, which is seen by thousands of visitors each day, is temporarily leaving its home during renovations to the gallery

Museum officials say they still hope to include Salvator Mundi in major autumn show

New research suggests work could be a prototype of an idealised “Venus” portrait designed by Leonardo himself

From the largest Leonardo da Vinci show in half a century, at the Queen's Gallery, to the first retrospective of Luchita Hurtado at the Serpentine Sackler Gallery

High-level diplomacy is being used to secure the artist’s most important works for blockbuster anniversary show in Paris

Unusual month-long display of recently restored work by Leonardo’s favourite and heir will be lent by the State Hermitage Museum

There has been intense competition to borrow works by the artist during the 500th anniversary of his death this year

The drawing, believed to be one of only two contemporary images of the artist, will go on show for the first time at the Queen’s Gallery in London

Reservations will mainly be online as French museum anticipates record visitor figures

The curator’s attribution to the Renaissance master helped Christie’s achieve a world record price for the painting

The Virgin and Laughing Child was recently re-attributed as the artist's “only surviving sculpture”

A version of the Mona Lisa by a follower of Leonardo da Vinci recently sold at Sotheby's for $1.69m

Claims that it had "cancelled plans" to show the work are "fake information", the museum says

Italian scholar says terracotta statuette, currently attributed to Antonio Rossellino, is actually by the 15th-century master

Facts seem no longer to matter with the famous picture

Drawings from the Royal Collection go on show around the country this week before larger surveys in London and Edinburgh later in the year