T he Mona Lisa or La Giaconda is arguably one of the most famous paintings in the world for a combination of reasons: it was one of the best-kept works of the brilliant Leonardo da Vinci, the ...

It’s enough to make Mona Lisa blush. Experts at the Louvre museum in Paris on Thursday revealed that Leonardo da Vinci may have also painted a topless version — called Joconde Nue, or Monna V… ...

The “Mona Lisa,” which is also called “La Gioconda,” hangs in the Louvre. One afternoon this week, six people stood in front of “La Gioconda,” examining it closely.

The Mona Lisa was painted by Leonardo da Vinci around 1503, ... one of which he named La Gioconda. The Mona Lisa is a 21-inch by 31-inch painting that was painted between 1503 and 1506.

(ANSA) - Florence, September 11 - Researchers digging for the remains of the Mona Lisa said Tuesday that they've uncovered what could be the skeleton of another model used by Leonardo da Vinci in ...

CNN takes you “Inside the Louvre,” building an intimate portrait of a museum like no other. From the handler who looks after the Mona Lisa’s famous smile, to the new director, host Nick ...

The Mona Lisa, as she has always appeared — happy! ... will be happy to know that the study determined that the figure in Leonardo da Vinci’s 16th-century portrait “La Gioconda” is happy.

READING, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 5, 2005--One of the most famous paintings in the world, Leonardo Da Vinci's "Mona Lisa"(La Gioconda, La Gioconde) in the Louvre Museum, Paris, is now being ...

La Gioconda or Mona Lisa? WE WONDER how the lady, with the most intriguing smile in the world, will react to this dispute about her home. Published: Sat 15 Sept 2012, 5:54 PM ...

LEONARDO da Vinci’s Mona Lisa is one of the world’s most well ... La Gioconda is believed to have been painted between 1503 and 1506 by the artist and depicts the wife of Francesco del Gioconda.