The Art Mysteries

Waldemar Januszczak uncovers the secret meanings hidden within some of the world's most famous paintings, beginning with Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa.

Waldemar Januszczak uncovers the secret meanings hidden within Thomas Gainsborough's oil on canvas portrait Mr and Mrs Andrews.

Waldemar Januszczak takes a look at the The Birth of Venus, by Sandro Botticelli, hoping to uncover mysteries as he dives deeper into the meanings behind the painting.

Waldemar Januszczak examines The Arnolfini Marriage, by Jan Van Eyck.

Waldemar Januszczak examines Giorgione's The Tempest, an Italian Renaissance piece dating back to the 16th century.

Waldemar Januszczak examines Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe, a large oil painting produced by Edouard Manet in the 1860s.

Waldemar Januszczak examines Caravaggio's 16th-century artwork Boy Bitten by a Lizard, which exists in two versions and is shrouded in mystery.

Waldemar Januszczak examines the secrets hidden in Rembrandt's masterpiece The Anatomy Lesson of Dr Nicolaes Tulp, an oil painting from 1632.