A 16th-century Florentine noblewoman, Lisa Gherardini was the wife of a successful silk merchant named Francesco del Giocondo. But was she also the subject of the Mona Lisa? Many scholars believe she ...

A Louvre expansion that would put La Gioconda in her very own gallery has us envisioning the most mysterious sitter in iconic ...

An Italian official has called for France’s Louvre Museum to temporarily return the Mona Lisa as the museum faces concerns of ...

The leaked memo said the Louvre suffered from “proliferation of damage in museum spaces, some of which are in very poor ...

If Mona Lisa del Giocondo had had any idea of the lengths to which critics would go in trying to explain her enigmatic smile in Leonardo da Vinci’s famed portrait, she might have split her sides ...

In 1517, Leonardo showed a visitor a portrait of Lisa del Giocondo, the wife of a well-to-do Florentine silk merchant, a commission from 14 years earlier. At the time, she had been 24 years old ...

The Louvre faces significant issues including leaks, overcrowding, and inadequate facilities. Louvre Director Laurence des ...

The “Mona Lisa” was commissioned by Francesco del Giocondo and is believed to be his wife Lisa del Giocondo. There are several beliefs about how it ended up in France from being part of the ...