The work titled Mona Lisa was painted between 1503 and 1505 by the renowned Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci.
The work titled Mona Lisa (painted between 1503 and 1505), by the renowned Italian (actually Florentine) artist Leonardo da Vinci, represented a turning point in the history of portraiture. Da Vinci linked the monumentality of a personage before a landscape with a virtuoso rendering of flesh tones. It is said that the figure is Lisa Gherardini, wife of a Florentine cloth merchant named Francesco del Geherardini. For this reason, it is also known as La Giraconda. The enigmatic smile is said to be a symbol/representation of happiness.
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