Mona Lisa

by Èlia Coral

One of my favourite works of art is Mona Lisa.

 

It’s the most famous painting of all times.

Mona Lisa was painted by Leonardi da Vinci during the Renaissance in Florence.

He began painting the Mona Lisa in 1503 or 1504 and finished it shortly before he died in 1519.

The painting is named for Lisa del Giocondo, a member of a wealthy family of Florence.

In 1911, the Mona Lisa was stolen by Louvre Employee Vincenzo Peruggia, an Italian patriot who believed the Mona Lisa should be returned to Italy.

 After having kept the painting in his apartment for two years, Peruggia was finally caught when he attempted to sell it to the directors of the Uffizi Gallery in Florence.

Today, the Mona Lisa hangs again in the Louvre in Paris where 6 million people see the painting each year.

Mona Lisa is one of my favourite works of art, because it is different and it seems a very mysterious smile of the woman's portrait, and I like it!!