File:Leonardo da Vinci - Mona Lisa.jpg

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Leonardo da Vinci: Mona Lisa

Artist



Alternative names	Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci, Leonardo
Description	Italian painter, engineer, astronomer, philosopher, anatomist and mathematician
Date of birth/death	15 April 1452	2 May 1519
Location of birth/death	Anchiano	Clos Lucé
Work period	from 1466 until 1519 date QS:P,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P580,+1466-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1519-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Work location	Florence (1466–1482), Milan (1483–1499), Mantua (1499), Venice (1500), Florence (1500–1506), Milan (1506–1513), Florence (1507–1508), Rome (1513–1516), Amboise (1513–1518)
Authority file	: Q762 VIAF: 24604287 ISNI: 000000012124423X ORCID: 0000-0002-3013-9914 ULAN: 500010879 LCCN: n79034525 WorldCat

Title

Български: Световноизвестната картина Мона Лиза (наричана още и Джокондата, от итал. La Gioconda — „веселата жена“) от Леонардо да Винчи.

Italiano: La Gioconda (Monna Lisa)

English: Mona Lisa

Español: La Mona Lisa

فارسی: مونا لیزا

Français : La Joconde

Српски / srpski: Мона Лиза

Deutsch: Die Mona Lisa

ქართული: მონა ლიზა, ხშირად ჯოკონდა

Object type

painting

Genre

portrait

Depicted people

Lisa del Giocondo

Date

between 1503 and 1506

Medium

oil on poplar wood

Dimensions

height: 77 cm (30.3 in); width: 53 cm (20.8 in)

Collection

Louvre Museum (Inventory)

	Native name	Louvre Museum
	Location	Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois , France
	Coordinates	48° 51′ 40″ N, 2° 20′ 09″ E
	Established	10 August 1793
	Website	www.louvre.fr
	Authority file	: Q19675 VIAF: 257711507 ISNI: 000000012260177X ULAN: 500125189 LCCN: n80020283 NLA: 35912436 WorldCat

Current location

Paris

Accession number

INV 779 and MR 316 (Department of Paintings of the Louvre)

Place of creation

Florence

Object history

1519: acquired by Francis I of France from Leonardo da Vinci
21 August 1911: stolen
1956: damaged
30 December 1956: damaged
2 April 2009: damaged
29 May 2022: damaged

Exhibition history

Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, National Gallery of Art, 8 January 1963 - 3 February 1963
The Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 7 February 1963 - 4 March 1963
Mona Lisa Exhibition, Tokyo National Museum, 20 April 1974 - 10 June 1974

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Source/Photographer

(Upload Sept. 19, 2010) Au plus près des oeuvres ! - http://musee.louvre.fr/zoom/index.html (Microsoft Silverlight required)

Other versions

7.854 × 11.498 pixels, from C2RMF
7.601 × 11.348 pixels, from C2RMF
7.479 × 11.146 pixels, from C2RMF
6.441 × 9.565 pixels, from the Musée du Louvre
6.441 × 9.565 pixels remastered color, from the Musée du Louvre
3.000 × 4.471 pixels, from C2RMF
2.835 × 4.289 pixels, from the Musée du Louvre
2.835 × 4.289 pixels, with colors adjusted, from the Musée du Louvre
2.835 × 4.289 pixels, with reduced yellowing, from the Musée du Louvre
2.580 × 3.840 pixels, photographed by ANGELUS
2.403 × 3.591 pixels, from the Musée du Louvre
Based on "Prado Copy"
Soft color restoration on the basis of copy by Francesco Melzi
how the Mona Lisa might originally have looked like, 1.448 x 2.164 pixels

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File history

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	11:47, 13 February 2011	2,403 × 3,591 (1.42 MB)	Cybershot800i (talk \| contribs)	Reverted to version as of 17:05, 19 September 2010, the "lighter version" destroys the color contrast of the picture
	10:02, 10 January 2011	2,403 × 3,591 (2.72 MB)	Yann (talk \| contribs)	lighter version, closer to the Louvre photo
	17:05, 19 September 2010	2,403 × 3,591 (1.42 MB)	Cybershot800i (talk \| contribs)	high resolution + real photo not a bookscan!
	14:48, 8 June 2010	743 × 1,155 (174 KB)	Amandajm (talk \| contribs)	Reverted to version as of 20:46, 18 September 2009. Aavindraa's change is not true to the state of the picture. The yellow/brownish version is more accurate
	06:20, 5 June 2010	2,835 × 4,289 (11.35 MB)	Aavindraa (talk \| contribs)	higher res, better color
	20:46, 18 September 2009	743 × 1,155 (174 KB)	Blurpeace (talk \| contribs)	Reverted to version as of 19:33, 24 March 2009
	17:28, 8 June 2009	2,000 × 2,990 (1.8 MB)	Movieevery (talk \| contribs)	Reverted to version as of 12:00, 25 April 2008
	19:33, 24 March 2009	743 × 1,155 (174 KB)	AzaToth (talk \| contribs)	Reverted to version as of 16:46, 2 May 2006 was a copy
	12:00, 25 April 2008	2,000 × 2,990 (1.8 MB)	Movieevery (talk \| contribs)	higher resolution
	16:46, 2 May 2006	743 × 1,155 (174 KB)	ComputerHotline (talk \| contribs)