Leonardo da Vinci, artist, thinker and man of science; . her existence is limited. The enquiries kindly instituted at myrequest by Signor Barone, archivist of the Neapolitan state archives,have borne no fruit. In all probability, the child which died in 1499,and was buried at Sta. Maria Novella, was the of this thirdmarriage, and consequently Lisas daughter.^ As for Bartolommeo del Giocondo, to whom we have just referredin connection with a picture by Mazzieri, it is not known whether hewas the son of Mona Lisa, or of one of Francescos two former 1 II 1° giugno 1499. Una fanciulla di Fr
Leonardo da Vinci, artist, thinker and man of science; . her existence is limited. The enquiries kindly instituted at myrequest by Signor Barone, archivist of the Neapolitan state archives,have borne no fruit. In all probability, the child which died in 1499,and was buried at Sta. Maria Novella, was the of this thirdmarriage, and consequently Lisas daughter.^ As for Bartolommeo del Giocondo, to whom we have just referredin connection with a picture by Mazzieri, it is not known whether hewas the son of Mona Lisa, or of one of Francescos two former 1 II 1° giugno 1499. Una fanciulla di Francesco del Giocondo, riposta in Sta. MariaNovella (Libre dei Morti. State archives, Florence. Communicated by Signor ). Between 1490 and T545 were buried in the same church, Zanobi di Domenico,Piero di Bartolommeo, a daughter of Amadcos, Antonio di Zanobi, two sons of Zanobis,Maddalena di Amadeo, Lorenzo, Fiamnietta, wife of Amadeo, Klisabetta, one of Jacojjoswives, Andrea dAntonio, and Raffacllo. Portrait of Mona Lisa Gioconda (tHK ). Pfinled by Draegei-, Par POklRAII- OF MONA LISA 155 wives. On the supposition thai Mona Lisa was twenty wlicn shemarried, she may have been near thirty when her portrait was that time onward she disappears into obscurity. This picture of Mona Lisa has its story ; wc might ahnost say,its legend. Vasari relates that while Leonardo worked upon it, hewas careful to surround his sitter with musicians, singers, and buffoons,who kept her in a state of gentle merriment, so as to avoid the lookof melancholy apparent in most portraits. And thus, Vasari tc:lls us, this portrait of Leonardos wears so delightful a smile that the worklooks more divine than human, and is considered a most marvellousand life-like thing, even when compared with Nature herself. There are but few studies for La Gioconda, and—as if the artisthad resolved to puzzle us—the chief of these, a red chalk drawingin the Windsor Library, of two hands, laid
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