The Lourve

Hi, Mona Lisa! Finally, I get to see you. Are you Lisa Gherardini, wife of a Florentine cloth merchant, Francesco del Giocondo who commissioned Leonardo for your portrait? So, you have an alias La Gioconda... But it seems that Leonardo took the completed portrait to France instead. After his death, you were added to the François I's collection and continue to be part of the modernists mystery. Who are you? Are you Leonardo under your skin?

Photo credit © RMN, Musée du Louvre

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