![]() The original measures 4.5 meters X 8.8 meters and was painted by Leonardo da Vinci on the wall of the dining hall in the convent of Santa Maria Delle Grazie in Milan. This magnificent painting has been much studied and much copied. Leonardo da Vinci, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons The painting is in a special thermostatically controlled display case.Ĭlick here to buy a timed entrance ticket to the Louvre. Today the Mona Lisa is displayed in its own room with a glass ceiling in the Louvre in Paris. Later Louis XIV moved the painting to Versailles, where it hung for many years. Da Vinci died in the Château du Clos Lucé in the Loire. He gave the painting to the king as a gift and the king displayed it in the palace of Fontainebleau. The painter traveled by mule across the mountains from northern Italy and carried with him his sketch pads and some paintings- including the Mona Lisa. In 1515, Leonardo da Vinci was invited to France by the king, Francis I. The couple never received their painting and Da Vinci was never paid. ![]() ![]() The painting was made on a panel of white poplar wood and measures just 77 X 53 cm. The couple commissioned the painting for their new home and to celebrate the birth of their second son, Andrea. It is a portrait of Lisa del Gherardini, who lived in Florence and was married to a wealthy silk merchant. The painting was started in 1503, but not completed for four years. The painting of the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci is priceless and has been described as “the best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung about and the most parodied work of art in the world”. ![]()
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