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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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Aug 9, 2014 · Born in 1479, Lisa inhabited Renaissance Florence, during a time when stories of vendettas and beheadings ran rampant in the Italian city while wealthy rulers like the Medici’s struggled to ...
Feb 12, 2021 · Another ubiquitous cultural image is the Mona Lisa. Leonardo da Vinci's inexhaustible portrait of Lisa del Giocondo, the 24-year-old mother of five and wife of a wealthy Florentine silk merchant ...
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Sep 5, 2012 · Lisa was the child of Antonmaria di Noldo Gherardini, and his third wife Lucrezia del Caccia, who he married in 1476. Antonmaria had married his first wife, Lisa Carducci, after whom Lisa was named, in 1465; and then in 1473 he married Caterina Rucellai. Both wives died in childbirth.
Oct 26, 2013 · Seen in this context, the claim by our leading witness, the 16th-century artist and author Giorgio Vasari, that “Leonardo undertook to execute, for Francesco del Giocondo, the portrait of Monna Lisa, his wife,” is eminently plausible.vi Giocondo was Leonardo’s key to restoring his reputation in Florence and to receiving the biggest and most challenging art project in Italy since his Last ...
The Mona Lisa Myth: Directed by Jean-Pierre Isbouts. With Morgan Freeman, Alessandro Demcenko, Peter Xifo, Raffaela O'Neill. Leonardo Da Vinci arrives, penniless and without a patron, in Florence after 18 years as a court artist in Milan.
2 days ago · The sitter’s identity has not been definitively proven. Numerous attempts in the 21st century to settle the debate by seeking Lisa del Giocondo’s remains to test her DNA and recreate an image of her face were inconclusive. History. Leonardo da Vinci began painting the Mona Lisa about 1503, and it was in his studio when he died in 1519. He ...
