A worker hanging the Mona Lisa When Vincenzo starts work at the Louvre, he is immediately struck by just how many Italian paintings there are. Many of them - as he finds out – were taken from ...
with the claim that it was indeed the original Mona Lisa, no one would take your claim seriously. Your painting would be declared a fraud. How come? Because the Louvre said so. So, then ...
Don't let that smile fool you — the Mona Lisa has seen some things. After a visitor attempted to smash its protective glass last week, the painting and its wild history of attempted vandalism ...
commissioned Leonardo da Vinci to paint a portrait of his wife, Lisa Gherardini—the Mona Lisa. In itself, the portrait of a demure and modestly dressed young woman could easily be glossed over.