Description
Leonardo da Vinci; Mona Lisa; ca. 1503-1506; oil on poplar; 77 x 54 cm; Mus?e du Louvre, Paris; INV. 779; public domain; This portrait was doubtless painted in Florence between 1503 and 1506. It is thought to be of Lisa Gherardini, wife of a Florentine cloth merchant named Francesco del Giocondo - hence the alternative title, La Gioconda.