<p lang="EN-US" paraeid="{d0fe139a-bc97-4fa6-8114-d9fae2bfb031}{91}" paraid="908637545" >Around&nbsp;14 living&nbsp;descendants of the family of the Renaissance genius Leonardo da Vinci have been identified after&nbsp;decades-long research into&nbsp;his&nbsp;purported remains.&nbsp;</p>

<p lang="EN-US" paraeid="{2a752817-e453-4003-85c8-e81d9bc5a79f}{250}" paraid="906025532" >Published in ‘Human Evolution’ journal this month,&nbsp;the findings have resulted from a new genealogical tree going through 21 generations and four branches.&nbsp;</p>

<p lang="EN-US" paraeid="{5978db40-6f37-47be-b657-de127981ebe6}{217}" paraid="1977624510" >In order to protect their identities, the study&nbsp;provided little information about the living descendants. “The&nbsp;individuals vary in age from 1 to 85,”&nbsp;Project researchers Agnese Sabato and Alessandro&nbsp;Vezzosi&nbsp;told CNN.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

<p lang="EN-US" paraeid="{5978db40-6f37-47be-b657-de127981ebe6}{213}" paraid="2018207945" >The study is a part of the Leonardo Da Vinci DNA Project. The project&nbsp;aims to confirm the remains thought to be his and to 'better understand his extraordinary talents and visual acuity through genetic associations’.&nbsp;</p>

<p lang="EN-US" paraeid="{8d5e7744-5846-4427-bbed-987c70d6b863}{250}" paraid="1441555674" >The researchers, who carried out the&nbsp;study, said the results are 'eagerly awaited from an historical viewpoint’. They said,&nbsp;it&nbsp;will help academics to&nbsp;'scientifically explore the roots of his genius, to find information on his physical prowess and on his possibly precocious aging, on his being left-handed and his health and possible hereditary sicknesses, and to explain certain peculiar sensory perceptions, like his extraordinary visual quality and synesthesia’.&nbsp;</p>

<p lang="EN-US" paraeid="{1454cfa4-4c3e-49c4-8312-dbb320025733}{211}" paraid="1922874638" >Historical documents, which are present&nbsp;in public and private archives and direct accounts by Leonardo's family members descendants led to these findings.&nbsp;</p>


Around 14 living descendants of the family of the Renaissance genius Leonardo da Vinci have been identified after decades-long research into his purported remains.

Around 14 living descendants of the family of the Renaissance genius Leonardo da Vinci have been identified after decades-long research into his purported remains. Published in ‘Human Evolution’ journal this month, the findings have resulted from a new genealogical tree going through 21 generations and four branches. In order to protect their identities, the study provided little information about the living descendants. “The individuals vary in age from 1 to 85,” Project researchers Agnese Sabato and Alessandro Vezzosi told CNN. The study is a part of the Leonardo Da Vinci DNA Project. The project aims to confirm the remains thought to be his and to 'better understand his extraordinary talents and visual acuity through genetic associations’. The researchers, who carried out the study, said the results are 'eagerly awaited from an historical viewpoint’. They said, it will help academics to 'scientifically explore the roots of his genius, to find information on his physical prowess and on his possibly precocious aging, on his being left-handed and his health and possible hereditary sicknesses, and to explain certain peculiar sensory perceptions, like his extraordinary visual quality and synesthesia’. Historical documents, which are present in public and private archives and direct accounts by Leonardo's family members descendants led to these findings.

Leonardo da Vinci's 14 living descendants identified after decades-long research

One of the most famous faces in the world peers out from a mosaic of Rubik's cubes in a Paris auction house where a version of the "Mona Lisa" will be up for bids later in the month.

Rubik's cube Mona Lisa to be auctioned in Paris

2019 marks 500 years since the passing of one of the world's truly great geniuses – Leonardo da Vinci. The anniversary is being marked in many ways, and on Tuesday the Vatican Museums hosted a 'study day' to coincide with the conclusion of 18 months of restoration work on a tapestry inspired by Leonardo's 'Last Supper.'

'Last Supper' tapestry marks da Vinci anniversary

<p>The 500-year-old painting created by Leonardo da Vinci is reportedly going to be seen next in Louvre Abu Dhabi.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The recently opened museum announced on Wednesday that the painting will be heading there, without indicating if they had purchased it in the auction which took place in New York.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>Leonardo da Vinci&#39;s portrait of Christ Salvator Mundi <a href="http://www.wionews.com/photos/da-vinci-sells-for-450mn-in-auction-record-christies-553">sold for a record-smashing $450.3 million</a> last month at Christie&#39;s in New York -&nbsp;more than double the old mark for any work of art at auction.</p>

<p>Salvator Mundi was purchased by an unidentified buyer bidding via telephone after a protracted bidding war that stretched for nearly 20 minutes at the New York auction house.</p>

<p>Salvator Mundi, believed to have been painted sometime after 1505, is the only work thought to be in private hands.</p>

<p>The painting, only recently rediscovered and the last da Vinci left in private hands, fetched more than four times over the Christie&#39;s pre-sale estimate of about $100 million. It was more than twice the old auction record set by Picasso&#39;s Les Femmes D&#39;Alger, which sold for $179.4 in May 2015.</p>

<p>The Louvre Abu Dhabi was opened on November 8, 2017,&nbsp;in UAE.&nbsp;</p>


The recently opened museum announced on Wednesday that the painting will be heading there, without indicating if they had purchased it in the auction which took place in New York

The 500-year-old painting created by Leonardo da Vinci is reportedly going to be seen next in Louvre Abu Dhabi. The recently opened museum announced on Wednesday that the painting will be heading there, without indicating if they had purchased it in the auction which took place in New York. Da Vinci's Salvator Mundi is coming to #LouvreAbuDhabi pic.twitter.com/Zdstx6YFZG — Louvre Abu Dhabi (@LouvreAbuDhabi) December 6, 2017 × Leonardo da Vinci's portrait of Christ Salvator Mundi sold for a record-smashing $450.3 million last month at Christie's in New York - more than double the old mark for any work of art at auction. Salvator Mundi was purchased by an unidentified buyer bidding via telephone after a protracted bidding war that stretched for nearly 20 minutes at the New York auction house. Salvator Mundi, believed to have been painted sometime after 1505, is the only work thought to be in private hands. The painting, only recently rediscovered and the last da Vinci left in private hands, fetched more than four times over the Christie's pre-sale estimate of about $100 million. It was more than twice the old auction record set by Picasso's Les Femmes D'Alger, which sold for $179.4 in May 2015. The Louvre Abu Dhabi was opened on November 8, 2017, in UAE.

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Leonardo da Vinci's 14 living descendants identified after decades-long research

Rubik's cube Mona Lisa to be auctioned in Paris

'Last Supper' tapestry marks da Vinci anniversary

Da Vinci's $450m Salvator Mundi painting to be seen in Louvre Abu Dhabi soon