A 16th-century Florentine noblewoman, Lisa Gherardini was the wife of a successful silk merchant named Francesco del Giocondo ...
The Mona Lisa is a half-length portrait of Lisa Gherardini, wife of Francesco del Giocondo, a wealthy Florentine silk merchant. Born on June 15, 1479, in Florence, Republic of Florence ...
Now that Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece is moving to another room at The Louvre, other Renaissance masterpieces hanging in ...