However, the Mona Lisa (real name ‘La Gioconda’ because the subject is thought to be Italian noblewoman Lisa del Giocondo) was actually bought by the French king Francis I from Leonardo da Vinci.

A charcoal drawing housed in another art collection for more than 150 years may have been a sketch for the Mona Lisa, a French art expert says. The charcoal portrait of a nude woman, known as the ...

Scientists are close to finding the remains of the model for Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece the Mona Lisa. Researchers have opened a centuries-old tomb in Florence, Italy. They believe it contains ...

Alexander Morton George MacBeth (1982-), Son of George Mann MacBeth and Lisa Gioconda St Aubin de Teran. Sitter in 2 portraits. Lisa Gioconda St Aubin de Teran (1953-), Novelist. Sitter in 6 portraits ...

La Gioconda [the Mona Lisa] is therefore a happy woman whose natural attribute is a smile. The Joker and the Mona Lisa share the same etymology: Jocus’ in Latin,” adds the museum statement.

France's top administrative court on Tuesday rejected a claim for the famous Mona Lisa masterpiece from an unknown ...

The exhibition also coincides with the launch of the book“Il Volo della Gioconda,” by Italian writer Savi Arvola Appiani, which delves into the notorious theft of the Mona Lisa. Vianey's ...

Scientists are close to finding the remains of the model for the Mona Lisa in an old tomb in Florence, Italy. They believe the skeleton of Lisa Gioconda, the wife of a 16th-century merchant, is there.

The exhibition also coincides with the launch of the book “Il Volo della Gioconda,” by Italian writer Savi Arvola Appiani, which delves into the notorious theft of the Mona Lisa. Vianey’s artwork was ...