Artist: Leonardo da Vinci Completion Date: c. 1504 Place of Creation: Florence, Italy Style: High Renaissance Genre: portrait Technique: oil Material: panel Dimensions: 53 X 77 cm Gallery: Muse`e du Louvre, Paris, France The Mona Lisa (La Gioconda or La Joconde, or Portrait of Lisa Gherardini, wife of Francesco del Giocondo) is a half length portrait of this woman by the Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci, which has been acclaimed as ”the best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung about, the most parodied work of art in the world.” The painting, thought to be a portrait of Lisa Gherardini, the wife of Francesco del Giocondo, is in oil on a poplar panel, and is believed to have been painted between 1503 and 1506. It was acquired by King Francis I of France and is now the property of the French Republic, on permanent display at the Muse`e du Louvre in Paris. The ambiguity of the subject’s expression, frequently described as enigmatic, is the monumentality of the composition. Incredible on canvas with image wrap. A perfect gift for the Rennaissance art buff or collector. Stylish, decorative, educational, and historic in any professional, office, business, restaurant, pub, college, school, or domestic setting. Demonstrate your love of fine art with this fine piece.