Leonardo di ser Piero Da Vinci, known as Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
Portrait of Lisa Gherardini, wife of Francesco del Giocondo, known as Mona Lisa, the Gioconda or Mona Lisa (ca. 1503 - 1506)
Oil on poplar panel (H. 0,77 m. - W. 0,53 m.)
Paris, musée du Louvre, département des Peintures.
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Leonardo di ser Piero Da Vinci, known as Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
Portrait of Lisa Gherardini, wife of Francesco del Giocondo, known as Mona Lisa, the Gioconda or Mona Lisa (ca. 1503 - 1506)
Oil on poplar panel (H. 0,77 m. - W. 0,53 m.)
Paris, musée du Louvre, département des Peintures.
© Photo GrandPalaisRmn (musée du Louvre) / M. Urtado.
© GrandPalaisRmnCréations, Paris 2024. Made in France.
Mona Lisa's famously enigmatic smile has fascinated viewers for centuries. Among her first admirers was King François I, who invited Leonardo da Vinci to France and bought the painting from him in 1518. This is how the world's most famous painting entered the royal collections that have been shown at the Louvre since the French Revolution.
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