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(Photo: Instagram) According to the Louvre, “It shows Lisa Gherardini, wife of the Florentine silk merchant Francesco del Giocondo – hence her Italian name La Gioconda and her French name La Joconde.” ...
The Mona Lisa, also known as La Gioconda, is an oil painting of a Renaissance woman painted by Da Vinci in 16th century Florence, Italy. The work is hailed as an artistic masterpiece for its display ...
The Mona Lisa, also known as La Gioconda, is an oil painting of a Renaissance woman painted by Da Vinci in 16th century Florence, Italy. The work is hailed as an artistic masterpiece for its ...
An Italian official in Milan has called for France’s Louvre Museum to temporarily return Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa to Italy ... in Italy by the name La Gioconda—to be returned in a ...
In a move reflective of Walter Isaacson's masterful (and, as a book, beautiful) biography of Leonardo, the film sees Leonardo's life work as culminating in "La Gioconda" (the "Mona Lisa"). How much ...
So Peruggia was alone with the Mona Lisa. (suspenseful music) - "I wasn't sure that I wanted to take La Gioconda. "There was Titian, Raphael, Correggio, Giorgione. "But I made my choice at the ...
La Gioconda [the Mona Lisa] is therefore a happy woman whose natural attribute is a smile. The Joker and the Mona Lisa share the same etymology: Jocus’ in Latin,” adds the museum statement.
Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, also known as La Gioconda, is the most famous painting in the world. Quantities of effort and ink have been spent over the years on identifying who she was and deciding ...
The intrigue of the Mona Lisa, also known as La Gioconda, isn’t solely due to Leonardo’s revolutionary painting techniques. It’s also because the identity of the subject is unconfirmed to ...
Leonardo da Vinci’s painting "Mona Lisa" is about to be moved, in order to give La Gioconda more space. And appease visitors. Indeed, with Louvre visitors getting an average of 50 seconds to ...