The Mona Lisa is one of the most well-known piece of artwork in the entire world. Painted by Leonardo da Vinci between 1504 and 1519, the painting was requested by a wealthy silk merchant named Francesco Del Giocondo. He wished for a portrait of his wife, who recently gave birth to their second child. This painting is among the most popular and significant paintings of the Renaissance time.
The Mona Lisa is an oil painting and is painted on a wooden panel. It was rare at the time to paint on a wooden panel. This can be the explanation for the fact that the Mona Lisa never needed restoration work. In spite of a few incidents of vandalism over the years, the painting is in very good shape and currently is in the Musee du Louvre in Paris. In 1911, the painting disappeared and the famous painter Pablo Picasso was on the original list of suspects questioned and jailed for the crime, but he was later found innocent. The women’s mysterious smile and her unproven identity has made the painting a source of continuous investigation and fascination. This painting set the standards for all future portraits. It also revolutionized contemporary portrait paintings. It was rare to paint non nobility. It was also rare that
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People disagreed with Leonardo’s thoughts and experiments. At sixty years old, Leonardo moved to Rome, but only stayed for three years. At the time, another well known artist named Donato Bramante was painting the last rooms of the Pope’s new apartments. Another well-known artist, Michelangelo, was having trouble completing his painting of the tomb of Pope Julius II. Many other younger artists were also painting including Julius II and Timoteo Viti. There are no records of Leonardo’s relationships with any other artists in Rome. Leonardo also created sketches for a spacious residence to be built in Florence for the Medici, though the sketches were never