La Gioconda
 

«Mona Lisa", it "La Gioconda", (Italian: Mona Lisa, La Gioconda, fr. La Joconde), full name - Portrait of Mrs. Lisa del Giocondo, the Italian. Ritratto di Monna Lisa del Giocondo) - painting by Leonardo da Vinci, located in the Louvre (Paris, France), one of the most famous paintings in the world [1][2], which is thought to be a portrait of Lisa Gerardini, wife of silk merchant of Francesco del Giocondo of Florence, written around the year 1503-1505.

Interestingly, the "Mona Lisa" is a collection of Henry F. Pulitzer, as have Raymonde Hekking: with William Henry Vernon; scientific studies have shown that the picture may indeed be of da Vinci. The family of Vernon was holding a picture of a bank vault in New Jersey before it was sold at auction in 1995. In thin. Portland Museum is the "Mona Lisa", she got there from some H. Reichhold, specialists from Harvard University found that the work created before 1510 - that is, in the original - soft and more feminine than the version in the Louvre. Finally, Henry Pulitzers says, "Mona Lisa" has long been smiling in the basement of the Swiss customs warehouse.
List the next will not, by my count about 60. Prado in Madrid, the Walters Art Gallery in Baltimore, Hermitage, etc.
It's very interesting. So where is this? Or Leonardo, like many artists made a considerable number of replicas?

Artem, kak , they differ in size ?
I will assume that they are " the size of a suitcase ."
We also know that Leonardo 16 years ( !) Until his death, drove everywhere for a picture ... (and who knows, maybe you have a copy ? - But in this case, the UTB was hard to keep secret )

Differ in size , and in writing . In the Louvre work is cut.

The fact of the matter is that I like and you were sure of this artistic image , beautiful movies , books, created in my mind a beautiful story - the artist painted for many years and was in love with her.
Not so!

Artem, suggesting this topic to collect vsevozhmozhnye citation Mona Lisa

A topic perimenovat in "Mona Lisa theme in art"

You mean the work of Andy Warhol, Fernand Leger, Robert Rauschenberg, Renè Magritte, Fernando Botero, Marcel Duchamp, Kasimir Malevich?
Or is it a replica of the world?

and all!
Quotes, zaimsvovaniya free copies, fakes ...

Mystery of Mona Lisa's smile took people for centuries. And suddenly I touched the topic. Touched in connection with the name " Mona Lisa " and concluded
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Remains found the Mona Lisa?
 

09.08.2013, Italy| Yesterday, Italian scientists have opened the crypt of the family of Florentine silk merchant Francesco del Giocondo, whose wife Lisa Gherardino are believed to be captured on canvas by Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa." For this it was prodelalano hole in the floor of the church of Santissima Annunziata in Florence, beneath which is a crypt. Scientists want to end the long-standing controversy on the subject of who was depicted on the most famous painting by Leonardo. For this is supposed to make DNA analysis of the remains, compare it with the DNA of living family members by Gerard and those human fragments that were found last year in the monastery of St. Ursula in the same Florence. It is known that Lisa by Gerard spent the last years of his life at the monastery, taking monastic vows. She died there a nun in 1542.

Experts have argued for centuries about who is captured in the famous picture. They hope that at least some of the bones of the family crypt will be the remains of Lisa's closest relative - perhaps her son Piero.
"If it turns out that DNA samples belong to the mother and her child, it will mean that we have found Mona Lisa" - said the writer and researcher Silvano Vincheti.

Cyril Syzransky, it would be interesting and important post in this thread all that is known about the relationship between Leonardo and Djakonda.

Passions for "Mona Lisa"
 

Here is a article in "Kommersant " :

" August 9 , scientists uncovered the tomb of Lisa Gherardini - the inverse image of the famous Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci. Purpose of this experiment - to recreate the face of Lisa Gherardini on the skull and compare with the face of da Vinci's creations .
What portrait of the Mona Lisa captivates audiences around the world - in the photo gallery "b -Online.
http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/2253844

Research burial of Lisa Gherardini began in 2011 . Scientists want to find the remains of Gherardini blood relative - her son Piero . First, they hold a radiocarbon analysis of the remains to determine the age , and then do DNA tests .
Lisa Gherardini was living in Florence in the XV century. Scientists believe it is the prototype of the famous Mona Lisa , precisely because to have survived the letter indicating that she posed for da Vinci. In addition, she lived next door to the artist. As acknowledged by scholars , the study of the body can bring them closer to solving the mystery of Mona Lisa's smile . "


I will not comment on it . Just a few options like the Mona Lisa image .