Shamhat Meets Leonardo Da Vinci - Mona Lisa (1503-1519)

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This painting is entitled Mona Lisa The painting entitled Mona Lisa (My Lady Lisa) is the most famous painting of Leonardo da Vinci and has become the most famous painting in the world and an icon for the world of fine arts. In fact, according to The Independent newspaper, the Mona Lisa painting is "the most famous, the most visited, the most written, the most sung, the most parodied works of art in the world." This painting was made by Da Vinci in a long time around 1503-1506, then was stopped and then continued again until 1519. This painting is referred to as an art object with the most expensive insurance costs, even winning the Guinness World Record for works of art with the most expensive insurance costs around 100 US $ in 1962. This painting depicts Lisa del Giocondo a noble wife of Florence, Italy. Lisa has a maiden name, Lisa Gherardini is a member of the Gherardini family which is a noble family of Florence. Lisa then married Francesco Giacondo, a wealthy silk businessman in Florence. Francesco Giacondo was an art collector and he loved his wife, so Francesco asked Da Vinci to paint his beloved wife. Unexpectedly this painting order became the most famous painting of Da Vinci. This painting was then purchased by King François I of France, even after the French Revolution this painting remained in France. The painting is housed in the Louvre Museum and is in the national collection of the government of the French Republic.

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