A 16th-century Florentine noblewoman, Lisa Gherardini was the wife of a successful silk merchant named Francesco del Giocondo ...
Leonardo da Vinci's famed "Mona Lisa" portrait is getting a new home at Paris' Louvre while the museum undergoes renovations.
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It’s simply a contraction of “ma donna,” or “my lady” in Italian — like saying Madam Lisa in English. Some alternatives: Mona Lisa was Leonardo’s mother or some other Italian noblewoman or a disguised ...
Discover the Louvre's ambitious renovation plan to enhance visitor experience and address maintenance issues by 2031.
Now she’s really got something to smile about. Mona Lisa is moving out of shared digs and into her own “special space” at the ...