Mona Lisa

May 2, 2018
Leonardo da Vinci died on 2 May 1519 in Amboise, France.

August 21, 2017
Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa , arguably the most famous painting in the history of Western art, was stolen from the Louve Museum in Paris at 7:20 on 21 August 1911.

August 7, 2017
Cesare Maccari died on 7 August 1919 in Siena, after a career as an award winning painter best known for his classically-inspired compositions.

June 15, 2017
Lisa Gherardini (aka Mona Lisa), the wife of Florentine cloth merchant Francesco del Giocondo, was born on 15 June 1479 in Florence.

April 15, 2017
Leonardo da Vinci was born on 15 April 1452 , in the Tuscan village of Vinci, an illegitimate son of a local lawyer.

January 8, 2017
On 8 January 1963 the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. set a precedent for the blockbuster museum shows that dominated the rest of the century.

December 11, 2016
The Mona Lisa is the focus of much creative projection and sleuthing.

April 15, 2016
Leonardo da Vinci was born on 15 April 1452, in Anchiano, near Vinci.

December 8, 2015
The Mona Lisa is once again making headlines.

January 1, 2015
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