Tuesday, June 15, 2021

Mona Lisa's Birthday

Italian noblewoman Lisa del Giocondo, member of the Gherardini family of Florence and Tuscany, was born on this day in 1479! Her husband commissioned Leonardo da Vinci to paint her portrait, which became kinda famous.... There was a big crowd to see it at the Louvre when we were there two years ago. Apparently (before the pandemic, anyway), there always is.




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