I heard that Leonardo Da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa but didn't turn it in to his client?

Question

I know he later sold it to the King of France. But the King was not his original client. Are there websites that discuss this?

Answer 1

Leonardo da Vinci began painting the Mona Lisa in 1502 (during the Italian Renaissance) and, according to Vasari, completed it in four years.

Leonardo 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 and kept it at Fontainebleau, where it remained until moved by Louis XIV.

The fact that it is known as Mona Lisa and La Gioconda does not mean it was commissioned by someone with that name. It was only named in the 19th century.

There is no known 'official client' just theory about that.