2006-08-23 00:17:40 · 5 answers · asked by Than C 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Painting
Mona Lisa, or La Gioconda (La Joconde), is a 16th-century oil painting on poplar wood by Leonardo da Vinci, and is, perhaps, the most famous painting in Western art history or even the world. Few other works of art are as romanticised, celebrated, parodied or reproduced. It is owned by the French government and hangs in the Musée du Louvre in Paris.
The painting shows a woman looking out at the viewer with what is described as an "enigmatic smile".
It is probable Leonardo began painting the Mona Lisa in 1503 and, according to Vasari, completed it four years later.
Early copy of the Mona Lisa, in Walters Gallery, Baltimore, showing the columnsLeonardo took the painting from Italy to France in 1516 when King François I invited the painter to work at the Clos Lucé near the king's castle in Amboise. The King bought the painting for 4,000 écus.
2006-08-23 00:24:21 · answer #1 · answered by nina_buttler 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the mona lisa became into made as a cost , mona lisas husband had paid for the portray as a latest to his spouse yet he by no ability gained it through fact the artist enjoyed the way it appeared so mysterious.
2016-12-17 15:48:02 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Leonardo daVinci painted it in Tuscany, probably Florence, and she is thought to be the wife of a local nobleman. It is also known as La Gioconda, and is on permanent display in the Louvre, Paris.
2006-08-26 05:15:54 · answer #3 · answered by Lance U 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It wasnt made. It was painted by Leonardo da Vinci, probably in 1503 (according to Wikipedia).
2006-08-23 00:24:26 · answer #4 · answered by dar 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
This question is answered in my reference to the Louvre.
2006-08-23 02:23:02 · answer #5 · answered by samanthajanecaroline 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋