BERLIN — A researcher has uncovered evidence that apparently confirms the identity of the woman behind the Mona Lisa’s iconic smile, Germany’s University of Heidelberg says. She is Lisa del ...

She is Lisa del Giocondo, ... Del Giocondo was first named as the likeness in the painting by Italian writer Giorgio Vasari in 1550, who also dated the work at between 1503 and 1506, ...

Del Giocondo was first named as the likeness in the painting by Italian writer Giorgio Vasari in 1550, who also dated the work at between 1503 and 1506, the university said.

One trouble with Dr. Keele’s theory is that Mona Lisa del Giocondo, married at 16, had one child which died shortly before she began to pose for Da Vinci, and there is no clear record that she ...

Built in 1300, the historic estate near Florence once belonged to Francesco del Giocondo, husband of the famed noblewoman depicted in Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece. Location: Scandicci ...

The model is believed to be Italian noblewoman Lisa Gherardini del Giocondo. Carbon testing has shown that a collection of bones, recently exhumed from Florence's Sant'Orsola convent, date back to ...

Lisa del Giocondo died in the mid-1500s. Dating back to around 1300, the property has been reworked and restored over the years, but plenty of period elements remain, Giorgolo said. The main villa ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — I don’t know how Lisa del Giocondo, a rich Italian noblewoman, sat for artist Leonardo da Vinci with such an “enigmatic expression” for a portrait that’s captivated art ...