In an estimated 1503, the famed Mona Lisa was painted. It’s well known artist Leonardo Da Vinci made the Mona Lisa at 51 years of age, and the portrait took him four years to master and perfect. His model for the painting was actually called Lisa del Giocondo, and the art is thought to have been a celebration for her new home where she lived with her husband, Francesco del Giocondo and in honour of their second born son, although the art
never was delivered to it’s patron and Leonardo kept it with
him throughout the rest of his life.
Many years later, in 1911, disaster struck.
The Mona Lisa had been stolen! Its thief, the Italian artist Vicenzo Peruggia, had hidden out of sight for two years before he was finally captured and the painting returned.
There have now of course, been many reproductions of
The Mona Lisa, including the one with the mustache at Pompidou, but the real one remains in it’s rightful place at the Louvre Museum in France.
And we hope nobody will dare to raid it.
Article By: Tara Morgan
