If Mona Lisa del Giocondo had had any idea of the lengths to which critics would go in trying to explain her enigmatic smile in Leonardo da Vinci’s famed portrait, she might have split her sides ...

In 1517, Leonardo showed a visitor a portrait of Lisa del Giocondo, the wife of a well-to-do Florentine silk merchant, a commission from 14 years earlier. At the time, she had been 24 years old ...

The Mona Lisa half-length portrait was painted by none other than Leonardo da Vinci in 1503. Learn about Monalisa’s real name ...

The Mona Lisa is believed to depict the Italian noblewoman Lisa del Giocondo. It is painted in oil on a white Lombardy poplar panel. The piece was never given to the Giocondo family by da Vinci ...

Born into a poor family from a small Italian Alpine village, Vincenzo Peruggia moves to Paris at the age of 20, in search of a better life. Once in Paris, Vincenzo starts work as a house painter.