Correggio: Allegory of Vice; Allegory of Virtue; Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine; Venus and Cupid with a Satyr McMahon, Barbara (1 May 2005). "Da Vinci 'paralysis left Mona Lisa unfinished' ". The Guardian . Retrieved 2 May 2019.

Holt, Richard (22 October 2007). "Solved: Why Mona Lisa doesn't have eyebrows". The Daily Telegraph. UK. Archived from the original on 4 April 2010 . Retrieved 11 March 2010. Vasari, Giorgio (1550). Le Vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori, ed architettori. Florence, Italy: Lorenzo Torrentino.Lotto: Christ Carrying the Cross; Holy Family with the Family of St John the Baptist; Saint Jerome in Penitence

In Washington, John Walker heard rumblings about the proposed loan, but, as it did not concern the National Gallery, he paid little attention. He did not know it at the time, but the crash of the airliner at Orly and the French gesture to commemorate the victims through the exhibition of The Artist’s Mother set in motion a chain of events that guaranteed the arrival of Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece. Everyone knows about your strange bird obsession. Now you can own it with this inflatable rooster costume! Remember: no one can really laugh at you when you’re laughing at yourself first. Plus, it’s not any rooster; it’s a rooster with attitude. 33. Dinosaur rider David: Andromache Mourning Hector; The Coronation of Napoleon; The Intervention of the Sabine Women; Leonidas at Thermopylae; The Lictors Bring to Brutus the Bodies of His Sons; The Loves of Paris and Helen; Minerva Fighting Mars; Oath of the Horatii; Portrait of Madame Marie-Louise Trudaine; Portrait of Madame Récamier; Portrait of Pope Pius VII; Self-portrait; Unfinished portrait of General Bonaparte The record of an October 1517 visit by Louis d'Aragon states that the Mona Lisa was executed for the deceased Giuliano de' Medici, Leonardo's steward at Belvedere, Vienna, between 1513 and 1516 [78] [79] [c]—but this was likely an error. [80] [d] According to Vasari, the painting was created for the model's husband, Francesco del Giocondo. [81] A number of experts have argued that Leonardo made two versions (because of the uncertainty concerning its dating and commissioner, as well as its fate following Leonardo's death in 1519, and the difference of details in Raphael's sketch—which may be explained by the possibility that he made the sketch from memory). [67] [70] [69] [82] The hypothetical first portrait, displaying prominent columns, would have been commissioned by Giocondo c. 1503, and left unfinished in Leonardo's pupil and assistant Salaì's possession until his death in 1524. The second, commissioned by Giuliano de' Medici c. 1513, would have been sold by Salaì to Francis I in 1518 [e] and is the one in the Louvre today. [70] [69] [82] [83] Others believe that there was only one true Mona Lisa but are divided as to the two aforementioned fates. [23] [84] [85] At some point in the 16th century, a varnish was applied to the painting. [3] It was kept at the Palace of Fontainebleau until Louis XIV moved it to the Palace of Versailles, where it remained until the French Revolution. [86] In 1797, it went on permanent display at the Louvre. [11] Refuge, theft, and vandalism Louis Béroud's 1911 painting depicting Mona Lisa displayed in the Louvre before the theft, which Béroud discovered and reported to the guards

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Asmus, John F. (1 July 1989). "Computer Studies of the Isleworth and Louvre Mona Lisas". Optical Engineering. 28 (7): 800–804. Bibcode: 1989OptEn..28..800A. doi: 10.1117/12.7977036 . Retrieved 26 July 2017. Walker was relieved when there were no further comments in the press about the possibility of a Mona Lisa exhibition. The treatment and care of old-master paintings was Walker’s specialty, and he believed extremely fragile works of art should never move needlessly from continent to continent. The Mona Lisa was no exception.

Gopnik, Blake (7 May 2004). "A Record Picasso and the Hype Price of Status Objects". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 29 November 2016 . Retrieved 28 November 2016. Today the Mona Lisa is considered the most famous painting in the world, a destination painting, but until the 20th century it was simply one among many highly regarded artworks. [140] BBC News – Entertainment – Mona Lisa smile secrets revealed". 18 February 2003. Archived from the original on 31 August 2007. a b Clark, Kenneth (March 1973). "Mona Lisa". The Burlington Magazine. 115 (840): 144–151. ISSN 0007-6287. JSTOR 877242. Historian Donald Sassoon cataloged the growth of the painting's fame. During the mid-1800s, Théophile Gautier and the RomanticThe Mona Lisa began influencing contemporary Florentine painting even before its completion. Raphael, who had been to Leonardo's workshop several times, promptly used elements of the portrait's composition and format in several of his works, such as Young Woman with Unicorn (c.1506), [127] and Portrait of Maddalena Doni (c.1506). [67] Later paintings by Raphael, such as La velata (1515–16) and Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione (c.1514–15), continued to borrow from Leonardo's painting. Zollner states that "None of Leonardo's works would exert more influence upon the evolution of the genre than the Mona Lisa. It became the definitive example of the Renaissance portrait and perhaps for this reason is seen not just as the likeness of a real person, but also as the embodiment of an ideal." [128] a b c d e f g h Mohen, Jean-Pierre (2006). Mona Lisa: inside the Painting. Harry N. Abrams, Inc. p.128. ISBN 978-0-8109-4315-5. During a 45-minute ceremony, press photographers swarmed the heavy metal container, snapping thousands of pictures “as if it were [Swedish sex symbol] Anita Ekberg in the flesh,” one newspaper reported. As bulbs flashed in rapid-fire succession, Jean Chatelain, director general of the museums of France, ceremoniously handed safekeeping of the Mona Lisa to Walker, who accepted the painting on behalf of President Kennedy. The ship’s pastry cook had baked a sugar-and-buttercream cake in the image of the Mona Lisa, and the “culinary masterwork” was placed atop the real lady’s traveling case. It was the only Mona Lisa reporters would get to see that day. During the Franco-Prussian War (1870–1871), the painting was moved from the Louvre to the Brest Arsenal. [88]

McAloon, Jonathan (10 December 2015). "The Missing Mona Lisa". Apollo. Archived from the original on 15 December 2015. a b c Cotte, Pascal (2015). Lumiere on the Mona Lisa: Hidden portraits. Paris: Vinci Editions. ISBN 978-2-9548-2584-7. If you’re not big on getting dressed up, these zombie bite sleeves can make for a simple yet effective solution for work on Halloween. Wear them under your shirt or T-shirt, ruffle up your hair a little and finish with some makeup if you’ve got the time (and can be bothered enough). 48. Vampire fangsAgeing Mona Lisa worries Louvre". BBC News. 26 April 2004. Archived from the original on 16 August 2009 . Retrieved 24 October 2009. Lippi: Barbadori Altarpiece; The Healing of Justinian the Canon; Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata Time to put on this gorgeous sorceress costume, cast a spell on your boss and get them to proceed with that raise you were promised three months ago. How does that sound? 8. Zombie Are you ready for some live, laugh, scare at the office with a spooktacular costume? Read on for 50 work-appropriate costume ideas that will make this Halloween office party one to remember. The 2022 mystery film Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery depicts the destruction of the Mona Lisa, which has been borrowed from its location by a billionaire.