The model is believed to be Italian noblewoman Lisa Gherardini del Giocondo. Carbon testing has shown that a collection of bones, recently exhumed from Florence's Sant'Orsola convent, date back to ...

However, the Mona Lisa (real name ‘La Gioconda’ because the subject is thought to be Italian noblewoman Lisa del Giocondo) was actually bought by the French king Francis I from Leonardo da Vinci.

58.5 x 44 cm. (23 x 17.3 in.) Subscribe now to view details for this work, and gain access to over 18 million auction results. Purchase One-Day Pass ...