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The Mona Lisa (/ ˌ m oʊ n ə ˈ l iː s ə / MOH-nə LEE-sə; Italian: la Gioconda [la dʒoˈkonda] or Monna Lisa [ˈmɔnna ˈliːza]; French: la Joconde [la ʒɔkɔ̃d]) is a half-length portrait painting by Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci.
Although it is derived from Lisa's married name, there is the added significance that the name derives from the word for "happy" (in English: "jocund") or "the happy one". [27] Agostino Vespucci's margin note. Speculation assigned Lisa's name to at least five different paintings, [d] and her identity to at least ten different people.
Guinness World Records lists Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa as having the highest insurance value for a painting. On permanent display at the Louvre in Paris, the Mona Lisa was assessed at US$100 million on 14 December 1962. [3] Taking inflation into account, the 1962 value would be around US$1010 million in 2023. [4]
Agostino Vespucci was a Florentine chancellery official, clerk, and assistant to Niccolò Machiavelli, among others. [3] He is most well known for helping to confirm the subject of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa as Lisa del Giocondo, [4] and is also the author of a number of surviving letters and manuscripts.
Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa — one of the most famous paintings in the world — is shrouded in mystery; from questions around the figures identity, to her puzzling, enigmatic expression.
After 500+ years, X-rays have revealed an amazing secret inside the Mona Lisa. Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece is even more special than we knew. ... The real eye-catcher, though, was the presence ...
Every detail of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa has undergone dissection. Much of that scrutiny has led to more questions than answers about the true identities revealed in the early 16 th century ...
The Prado Mona Lisa is a painting by the workshop of Leonardo da Vinci and depicts the same subject and composition as Leonardo's better known Mona Lisa at the Louvre, Paris. The Prado Mona Lisa has been in the collection of the Museo del Prado in Madrid , Spain since 1819, [ 1 ] but was considered for decades a relatively unimportant copy. [ 2 ]