These notes state that Leonardo is working “on the top of Lisa del Giocondo”. This is seen by some as confirmation that a sure Lisa del Giocondo has been the sitter for the Mona Lisa. However, these notes provide no description of the painting or drawing and could be attributed to any feminine portrait of that point.
The theft could have been encouraged or masterminded by Eduardo de Valfierno, a con-man who had commissioned the French art forger Yves Chaudron to make copies of the painting so he may sell them as the missing original. The copies would have gone up in worth if the unique have been stolen. This concept is based entirely on a 1932 article by former Hearst journalist Karl Decker in The Saturday Evening Post. Decker claimed to have recognized “Valfierno” and heard the story from him in 1913, promising to not print it until he learned of Valfierno’s dying.
Leonardo da Vinci (1452 –
In 2006, the portray was voted Finland’s “National Painting†through a contest organized by the Ateneum artwork museum. He was in his mid 20s when he painted it to pay a tribute to his mom’s love for him and his big joint household. The composition came in public domain, after the artist’s dying in 1920. It is unimaginable to put a worth on such a famous and treasured murals, though different works by Van Gogh have bought for more than 80 million dollars at public sale.
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