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The Mona Lisa (/ ˌ m oʊ n ə ˈ l iː s ə / MOH-nə LEE-sə; Italian: la Gioconda [la dʒoˈkonda] or Monna Lisa [ˈmɔnna ˈliːza]; French: la Joconde [la ʒɔkɔ̃d]) is a half-length portrait painting by Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci.
For example, the Mona Lisa was moved from Chambord to several castles and abbeys, to finish at the end of the war at the Musée Ingres in Montauban. [8] [9] The Winged Victory of Samothrace and Venus de Milo were kept at Château de Valençay, which was spared the German occupation on a technicality.
Guinness World Records lists Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa as having the highest insurance value for a painting. On permanent display at the Louvre in Paris, the Mona Lisa was assessed at US$100 million on 14 December 1962. [3] Taking inflation into account, the 1962 value would be around US$1010 million in 2023. [4]
After 500+ years, X-rays have revealed an amazing secret inside the Mona Lisa. Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece is even more special than we knew.
The Mona Lisa Room at the Louvre. The Louvre is the world's largest and most famous museum, [12] [13] housing many works of art, including the Mona Lisa (La Joconde) and the Venus de Milo statue. [14] Known as the Great Louvre, it is the national museum and art gallery of France.
The Parthenon Sculptures, Rosetta Stone and Benin Bronzes are just some of the ‘contested objects’ in Bloomsbury institution’s collection, Joe Sommerlad reports
PARIS (AP) — The “Mona Lisa” has given up another secret. Using X-rays to peer into the chemical structure of a tiny speck of the celebrated work of art, scientists have gained new insight ...
Mona Lisa; by Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1503–1506, perhaps continuing until c. 1517; oil on poplar panel; 77 cm × 53 cm. The painting collection has more than 7,500 works [13]: 229 from the 13th century to 1848 and is managed by 12 curators who oversee the collection's display. Nearly two-thirds are by French artists, and more than 1,200 are ...