Thing I Learned Today
Friday, April 1, 2005
The
Mona Lisa
, by Da Vinci, is also known as 'La Gioconda,' but is displayed under the title 'Portrait of
Lisa Gherardini
, wife of Francesco del Giocondo.' La Gioconda refers to the wife of Giocondo, a cloth merchant.
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