But who was the Mona Lisa, and why has her portrait garnered such fame and intrigue? This article explores the identity of the woman in the painting, the historical context of its creation ...

It may well be the best known painting of all time, but mysteries still lurk behind the famous Mona Lisa smile ... of Leonardo da Vinci’s celebrated portrait. If scholars are able to reach ...

The most common answer is that the Mona Lisa is a portrait of the real-life Lisa Gherardini who was born on June 15, 1479, in Via Maggio, Republic of Florence and died July 15, 1542. Gherardini ...

"It flows more like honey." But the "Mona Lisa" - said by the Louvre to be a portrait of Lisa Gherardini, the wife of a Florentine silk merchant - and other works by Leonardo still have other ...

The Mona Lisa’s tricky smile and timeless allure have inspired academic study and artistic emulation for more than five centuries—but the story of Leonardo da Vinci’s perplexing portrait is ...

“It flows more like honey.” But the “Mona Lisa” — said by the Louvre to be a portrait of Lisa Gherardini, the wife of a Florentine silk merchant — and other works by Leonardo still ...

Weston Kloefkorn The modern-day portrait is the Emoji Lisa ... which she says is “very similar to the Mona Lisa, if the Mona Lisa was Dolly Parton and the paint was dumplings and disco balls.” ...

The “Isleworth Mona Lisa,” a 16th-century portrait of Lisa del Giocondo that has been the subject of multiple debates across generations, is on view in Turin, Italy, through an exhibition put ...

This young woman has been dubbed the Mona Lisa of the Deep after her haunting portrait was found in the wreck of a ship that sank in 1857. Notable for its superb resolution, the picture is a 19th ...

The most common answer is that the Mona Lisa is a portrait of the real-life Lisa Gherardini who was born on June 15, 1479, in Via Maggio, Republic of Florence and died July 15, 1542. Gherardini ...