- Artist
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Year
- c. 1503–1506
- Medium
- Oil on poplar panel
- Dimensions
- 77 cm × 53 cm
- Source
- View Original
The Mona Lisa, painted by Leonardo da Vinci in the early sixteenth century, portrays Lisa Gherardini, wife of the Florentine merchant Francesco del Giocondo — hence its Italian name, La Gioconda. Celebrated for the sitter’s enigmatic smile and Leonardo’s subtle sfumato technique, the panel entered the collection of King Francis I of France and has hung in the Louvre in Paris since 1797.