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  2. The Mona Lisa fulfilled 15th- and early 16th century requirements for portraying a woman of virtue. Lisa is portrayed as a faithful wife through gesture—her right hand rests over her left. Leonardo also presented Lisa as fashionable and successful, perhaps more well-off than she was.

  3. Commissioned around 1503, Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is perhaps the most famous portrait in the world. But who was the woman who sat for Mona Lisa? Historian Emily Brand investigates…

  4. Leonardo da Vinci's inexhaustible portrait of Lisa del Giocondo, the 24-year-old mother of five and wife of a wealthy Florentine silk merchant who sat for the High Renaissance master in 1503,...

  5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Mona_LisaMona Lisa - Wikipedia

    The Mona Lisa (/ ˌ m oʊ n ə ˈ l iː s ə / MOH-nə LEE-sə; Italian: Gioconda [dʒoˈkonda] or Monna Lisa [ˈmɔnna ˈliːza]; French: Joconde) is a half-length portrait painting by Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci.

  6. Feb 17, 2023 · Who was Lisa Gherardini, the Italian noblewoman depicted in the famous Mona Lisa painting by Italian Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci?

  7. There has been much speculation and debate regarding the identity of the Mona Lisa’s sitter. Scholars and historians have posited numerous possibilities, including that she is Lisa del Giocondo (née Gherardini), wife of the Florentine merchant Francesco di Bartolomeo del Giocondo—hence the alternative title to the work, La Gioconda .

  8. Jul 22, 2024 · Unraveling the mystery behind the Mona LisaOverview of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa, with a discussion of the sitter's identity. See all videos for this article. The painting presents a woman in half-body portrait, which has as a backdrop a distant landscape.

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