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Lisa Is Also One of The Most Valuable Paintings in The World. It Holds The

The Mona Lisa is a half-length portrait painting by Leonardo da Vinci of Lisa Gherardini, the wife of a wealthy Florentine silk merchant. It is considered the most famous, recognizable, and parodied work of art in the world due to its enigmatic subject's expression and innovative artistic techniques. Owned by the French government and housed in the Louvre Museum in Paris since 1797, it holds the record for the highest insurance valuation in history at $100 million in 1962.

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Lisa Is Also One of The Most Valuable Paintings in The World. It Holds The

The Mona Lisa is a half-length portrait painting by Leonardo da Vinci of Lisa Gherardini, the wife of a wealthy Florentine silk merchant. It is considered the most famous, recognizable, and parodied work of art in the world due to its enigmatic subject's expression and innovative artistic techniques. Owned by the French government and housed in the Louvre Museum in Paris since 1797, it holds the record for the highest insurance valuation in history at $100 million in 1962.

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The Mona Lisa (/ˌmoʊnə ˈliːsə/; Italian: Monna Lisa [ˈmɔnna ˈliːza] or La Gioconda [la

dʒoˈkonda], French: La Joconde [la ʒɔkɔd ̃ ]) is a half-length portrait painting by the Italian
Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vincithat has been described as "the best known, the most visited,
the most written about, the most sung about, the most parodied work of art in the world."[1] The Mona
Lisa is also one of the most valuable paintings in the world. It holds the Guinness World Record for
the highest known insurance valuation in history at US$100 million in 1962[2] (equivalent to $650
million in 2018).[3]
The painting is thought by many to be a portrait of Lisa Gherardini,[4] the wife of Francesco del
Giocondo, and is in oil on a white Lombardy poplar panel. It had been believed to have been painted
between 1503 and 1506; however, Leonardo may have continued working on it as late as 1517.
Recent academic work suggests that it would not have been started before 1513.[5][6][7][8] It was
acquired by King Francis I of France and is now the property of the French Republic, on permanent
display at the Louvre Museum in Paris since 1797.[9]
The subject's expression, which is frequently described as enigmatic,[10] the monumentality of the
composition, the subtle modelling of forms, and the atmospheric illusionism were novel qualities that
have contributed to the continuing fascination and study of the work.[11]

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