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6. Lisa del Giocondo ( Italian pronunciation: [ˈliːza del dʒoˈkondo]; née Gherardini [ɡerarˈdiːni]; June 15, 1479 – July 14, 1542) was an Italian noblewoman and member of the Gherardini family of Florence and Tuscany. Her name was given to the Mona Lisa, her portrait commissioned by her husband and painted by Leonardo da Vinci in the ...
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Sep 27, 2015 · The bones of Lisa Gherardini del Giocondo have been ... She is known to have lived there until her death in 1542, and carbon dating of her remains suggests the dates fit. ... This article was ...
Lisa del Giocondo (June 15, 1479 – July 15, 1542, or c. 1551), born and also known as Lisa Gherardini and Lisa di Antonio Maria (Antonmaria) Gherardini, also known as Lisa and Mona Lisa, was a member of the Gherardini family of Florence and Tuscany in Italy. Her name was given to Mona Lisa, her portrait commissioned by her husband and painted ...
Apr 14, 2022 · First, we know she was a real person born in Florence in 1479 to the Gherardini family. Lisa’s baptismal record survives today in the cathedral archives. In the 15th century, Florentine families brought their newborns to be baptized under the glistening, mosaic-encrusted dome of the Baptistery of San Giovanni.
May 19, 2023 · Vincenzo Peruggia, the man who stole La Gioconda. Pietro Vincenzo Peruggia, most widely known under his pseudonym Vincenzo Peruggia, was a sketchy individual that will forever be associated with the greatest art heist in history. Originally from Varese, a small city in Northern Italy, he moved to Paris in 1908 and worked as a handyman in the ...
Aug 9, 2013 · DNA testing of bones inside the tomb, in the Martyrs' Crypt behind the main altar of Florence's Basilica della Santissima Annuziata, could confirm that researchers have found the remains of Lisa...
Dec 11, 2012 · It is here that old city records say the woman who posed for the painting, Lisa Gherardini, the second wife of wealthy Florentine silk merchant Francesco del Giocondo, was buried.
