who was the mona lisa?
Mona Lisa, Leonardo da Vinci: Mona LisaThe Print CollectionâHeritage-Imagesoil painting on a poplar wood panel by the Italian painter, draftsman, sculptor, architect, and engineer Leonardo da Vinci, probably the worldâs most-famous painting.
While most people are aware the Mona Lisa is also called La Gioconda by the Italians (translation: a light-hearted woman.), fewer know the French refer to it as La Joconde. Done in oils on poplar wood it was originally much larger than it is today.