The Giocondaor better known as the Mona Lisais the most outstanding work of the Italian artist, Leonardo da Vinci. Created between 1503 and 1519, the Mona Lisa represents the portrait of Lisa Gherardini, wife of Francesco del Giocondo, a noble young woman from Florence who belonged to the Gherardini family, originally from the region of Tuscany, in Italy. Over the years, the pictorial work has become one of the most representative symbols of painting and the Italian Renaissance.
Currently, this work of art is exhibited in the Louvre museum in Paris, France, before the eyes of thousands of people a day. Furthermore, for centuries this painting has been creating several unknowns about its origin. Although the main theory indicates that the Mona Lisa is Lisa Gherardini, there are other hypotheses that They claim that this woman could be Da Vinci’s mother, his lover, or even himself.
Due to the multiple probabilities surrounding the work, A geologist expert in Renaissance art has solved one of them, regarding its origin. According to the geologist, the work was painted in Leccoa region of Lombardy next to Lake Como. This is due to the study of the shape of the lake and the type of grayish limestone that surrounds the woman.
Other curiosities of the Mona Lisa
Leonardo’s Mona Lisa has been subjected to the scrutiny of many studies in order to find out what, who, where and countless other questions hidden in the painting. At the moment, it is assumed that the place where the work was painted is already known, but still many doubt the identity of the young woman who appears.
Furthermore, the woman with the most discussed smile in the popular imagination has a sister. This is located in Madrid, in the Prado Museum. And another multitude of questions have also been raised about it.
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