A 16th-century Florentine noblewoman, Lisa Gherardini was the wife of a successful silk merchant named Francesco del Giocondo ...
But what is it that has made this famous face so endurable throughout the ages? “The Mona Lisa really is the stuff of legends," says brand and culture expert Nick Ede. "It’s a painting of a ...
Paris' centuries-old Louvre Museum — home of da Vinci's iconic Mona Lisa — is getting an $800 million makeover, and American visitors will have to help pay for it.
Art critics hailed news of the move, saying that the precious painting has stolen the spotlight for long enough.
The "Mona Lisa" is to get its own new room at the Louvre art museum in Paris, allowing it to be shown off to even better ...
Now that Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece is moving to another room at The Louvre, other Renaissance masterpieces hanging in ...