The Mona Lisa, known as La Gioconda by Italians and La Joconde by the French, is thought to be a depiction of Lisa Gherardini, the wife of a Florentine silk merchant in Florence.

Mona Lisa, also called 'La Gioconda' or 'La Joconde', c1503-1506. Oil on wood by Leonardo da Vinci. UniversalImagesGroup/Getty ...

Visitors observe the painting 'La Joconde' The Mona Lisa by Italian artist Leonardo Da Vinci on display in a gallery at Louvre on May 19, 2021 in Paris, France. (Marc Piasecki/Getty Images) ...

The Mona Lisa has been the target of a number of protests and acts of vandalism over the years and has been protected by bulletproof glass since the 1950s after one person threw acid at it. In ...

A cake-throwing activist tried to damage the famous Mona Lisa in Paris but was thwarted by the painting’s glass case. Twitter/@klevisl007/via REUTERS He then “proceeds to smear cake on the ...

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.

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The search for the Mona Lisa bridge 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 ...

Compagnon was present at the museum for Macron's speech Tuesday. He said he's glad Mona Lisa is being given a dedicated space. "It will free the Salle des Etats," he said.

He noted that Da Vinci lived there with Cardinal Cesare Borgia between 1501 and 1503, the year he started painting the Mona Lisa. The bridge in Laterina had four arches as depicted in the painting.