does anyone know the woman in the famous painting mona lisa?

Answer 1

According to Vasari, the subject is a young Florentine woman, Monna (or Mona) Lisa, who in 1495 married the well-known figure, Francesco del Giocondo, and thus came to be known as ``La Gioconda''. Giorgio Vasari's biography of Leonardo da Vinci, was published 31 years after Leonardo's death.

Mona was a common Italian contraction of madonna, meaning my lady, the equivalent of the English Madam, so the title means Madam Lisa.

The work should probably be dated during Leonardo's second Florentine period, that is between 1503 and 1505. Leonardo himself loved the portrait, so much so that he always carried it with him until eventually in France it was sold to François I, either by Leonardo or by Melzi.

Francesco del Giocondo, who was a silk merchant of Florence. In 2004 - the Italian scholar Giuseppe Pallanti published Monna Lisa, Mulier Ingenua (literally '"Mona Lisa: Real Woman", published in English under the title Mona Lisa Revealed: The True Identity of Leonardo's Model). The book gathered archival evidence in support of the traditional identification of the model as Lisa Gherardini.

According to Pallanti, the evidence suggests that Leonardo's father was a friend of del Giocondo. "The portrait of Mona Lisa, done when Lisa Gherardini was aged about 24, was probably commissioned by Leonardo's father himself for his friends as he is known to have done on at least one other occasion." Pallanti discovered that Lisa and Francesco had five children and that she outlived her husband.

In early 2007, Pallanti found a death notice in the archives of a Florence church that referred to "the wife of Francesco del Giocondo, deceased July 15, 1542, and buried at Sant'Orsola." Sant'Orsola is a convent in Florence. Pallanti ascertains with certainty that this refers to Gherardini. This would make her age at her death to be 63 years. Also in January 2007, Italian genealogist Domenico Savini identified the princesses Natalia and Irina Strozzi as living descendants of Lisa Gherardini.

In September 2006, Bruno Mottin argued that the guarnelo he studied using the 2004 scan data suggested that the painting dated from around 1503 and commemorated the birth of Lisa Gherardini's second son Prince Abolo.

However, The art expert Dr. Henry Pulitzer suggested that the portrait was possibly that of Constanza d'Avalos, duchess of Francavilla, a patroness of Leonardo, and mistress of Giuliano de Medici. D'Avalos, coincidentally, was also nicknamed 'La Gioconda', and Maike Vogt-Lüerssen argues that the woman behind the famous smile is Isabella of Aragon, the Duchess of Milan. Leonardo was the court painter for the Duke of Milan for 11 years. The pattern on Mona Lisa's dark green dress, Vogt-Lüerssen believes, indicates that she was a member of the house of Sforza. Her theory is that the Mona Lisa was the first official portrait of the new Duchess of Milan, which requires that it was painted in spring or summer 1489 (and not 1503). This theory is allegedly supported by another portrait of Isabella of Aragon, painted by Raphael, (Doria Pamphilj Gallery, Rome).

Answer 2

It took Leonardo Da Vinci 10 years to paint Mona Lisa. He never signed or dated the painting. Leonardo and Mona had identical bone structures according to the painting. X-ray images have shown that there are 3 other versions under the original!

Answer 3

The woman in the painting is identified as Lisa Gherardini, the third wife of Francesco del Giocondo, who was a silk merchant of Florence. She was born in 1479 and married del Giocondo in 1495. She had five children with him and died in 1542 at the age of 63.

Answer 4

Her name is Carlotta Stolphi, daughter of my dad,s mate Dominico Stolphi,she was my first girl friend, I courted her for some years, then that painter chap, Leonardo something or other got her up the duff, painted her whilst she had a touch of wind, then suuuuummmmmmmmp off like a rat out of a cattery, never knew what became of her, I still love her though and will never forget her.

Answer 5

Yes, La Giaconda, or the smiling lady was the young wife of one of the Medicci family who commissioned the painting from Leonardo da Vinci. Much of his work was commissioned by this famous and very rich family. No one knows quite why she is smiling that way though.

Answer 6

If someone knows her they must be a Hell of an age. seriously her husband was a local lord in northern Italy and when he saw the picture he refused to accept it as it was so ugly. If you super impose a picture of Leonardo onto the picture you can see he painted his own appearance.

Answer 7

some theories say that she was Francesco del Giocondo's wife. But it seems that the painting has some keys to reveal that it's an autoportrait

Answer 8

Yes! It's Sonia from Eastenders.

Answer 9

She was a he. It is not a woman, it is a man; it is the friend of a merchant in Milan and Leonardo, being gay himself, portrayed her. Leonardo had a judgment about his being gay by a court and escaped closely prison. Please also read the fables by Leonardo.

Answer 10

well since that painting is over 400 years old i would have to say no one alive knows her