This portrait was painted in Florence between 1503 and 1506. It's the most famous painting of Leonardo da Vinci.
It is thought to be of Lisa Gherardini, wife of a Florentine cloth merchant named Francesco del Giocondo, hence the other title, La Gioconda. However, Leonardo seems to have taken the completed portrait to France rather than giving it to the person who commissioned it. It was eventually returned to Italy by Leonardo's student and heir Salai. It is not known how the painting came to be in François the first's collection.
The painting is a half-length portrait and depicts a woman whose expression is often described as enigmatic.
"Mona Lisa has no eyebrows and eyelashes. If you look at the background you can observe that Mona Lisa smiles, but you look at her face Mona Lisa doesn"
Caesar
20' to 30'
26-05-2010
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One day in the National Gallery (London, United Kingdom) ![]()
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"Enjoy visiting the Rooms 2, 4 and 5 of this musseum. The pictures come from Italy, Germany and the Netherlands. You can see a work of Leonardo da Vinci, and the famous picture of The Ambassadors and The Ugly Duchess."
Paul_McMG
1h 10' to 1h 40'
28-05-2010
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île de la Cité (Paris, France) ![]()
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"This is the heart and the origin of Paris. The island is connected by 9 bridges over the Seine. You can visit one of the most popular Gothic cathedrals, Notre Dame and the elegant Sainte Chapelle."
Caesar
1h 50' to 2h 20'
27-02-2013
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The best of El Prado (Madrid, Spain) ![]()
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"This is a selection of the best masterpieces of this museum that we can see in Madrid and we see in a while. Get the secrets of the works of Goya, Rubens, Velázquez, Fra Angelico and other master painters."
Caesar
2h 20' to 2h 50'
13-03-2013
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