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  2. Lisa del Giocondo - Wikipedia

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    Lisa del Giocondo (Italian pronunciation: [ˈliːza del dʒoˈkondo]; née Gherardini [ɡerarˈdiːni]; June 15, 1479 – July 14, 1542) was an Italian noblewoman and member of the Gherardini family of Florence and Tuscany.

  3. Mona Lisa - Wikipedia

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    The avant-garde art world has made note of the Mona Lisa ' s undeniable popularity. Because of the painting's overwhelming stature, Dadaists and Surrealists often produce modifications and caricatures. In 1883, Le rire, an image of a Mona Lisa smoking a pipe, by Sapeck (Eugène Bataille), was shown at the "Incoherents" show in Paris.

  4. Louvre - Wikipedia

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    It is located on the Right Bank of the Seine in the city's 1st arrondissement (district or ward) and home to some of the most canonical works of Western art, including the Mona Lisa, Venus de Milo, and Winged Victory. The museum is housed in the Louvre Palace, originally built in the late 12th to 13th century under Philip II.

  5. Mona Lisa is discovered missing on this day in history ... - AOL

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    In 1911, Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is discovered to be missing at the Louvre in Paris. Vincenzo Perugia allegedly removed the famous painting off the wall and snuck it out of the Museum ...

  6. Isleworth Mona Lisa - Wikipedia

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    Konody observed of the Isleworth subject that "[t]he head is inclined at a different angle". [29] Physicist John F. Asmus, who had previously examined the Mona Lisa in the Louvre and investigated other works by Leonardo, published a computer image processing study in 1988 concluding that the brush strokes of the face in the painting were performed by the same artist responsible for the brush ...

  7. The Mona Lisa was set in this surprising Italian town ... - AOL

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    Ann Pizzorusso, who is both a geologist and an art historian specializing in Leonardo and the Renaissance era, believes she has deduced the location of the Mona Lisa using her geological expertise.

  8. Agostino Vespucci - Wikipedia

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    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.

  9. Scientists pry a secret from the `Mona Lisa' about how ... - AOL

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    PARIS (AP) — The “Mona Lisa” has given up another secret. Using X-rays to peer into the chemical structure of a tiny speck of the celebrated work of art, scientists have gained new insight ...