num_pages: 160
description: THE GREATEST ARTIST OF HIS TIMEAN APPRENTICE WITH A LARCENOUS HEART AND AN AVERSION TO THE TRUTHA YOUNG DUTCHESS WHOSE PLAIN FACE BELIES HER BEAUTIFUL SOULCould the complex ways these three lives intertwine hold the key to a historical riddle as enigmatic as the Mona Lisa's smile -- why Leonardo da Vinci devoted three years to a painting of the second wife of an unimportant merchant when all the nobles of Europe were begging for a portrait by his hand?Only a master storyteller like two-time Newberry Medal-winner E.L. Konigsburg could create such an intriguing answer to the puzzle behind the most famous painting of all time.
language: English
title: The Second Mrs. Gioconda
titlecomplete: The Second Mrs. Gioconda
characters: Mona Lisa Gioconda, Lucrezia Crivelli, Gian Giacomo de' Caprotti, Ludovico Sforza, Beatrice d'Este, Cecilia Gallerani, Leonardo da Vinci, Isabella d'Este
genres: Middle Grade, Art, Historical Fiction, Historical, Childrens, School, Young Adult, Italy, Mystery, Fiction
ratings_count: 2994
places: Italy, Milan, Lombardy, Florence, Tuscany
awards: awardedAt: 220953600000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award
publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers