The Story of Mona Lisa
This article is about the painting. For other uses, see Mona Lisa (disambiguation) . Mona Lisa Italian : Monna Lisa , Italian : La Gioconda Artist Leonardo da Vinci Year c. 1503–1506, perhaps continuing until c. 1517 Medium Oil on poplar panel Subject Lisa Gherardini Dimensions 77 cm × 53 cm (30 in × 21 in) Location The Louvre Museum , Paris The Mona Lisa ( / ˌ m oʊ n ə ˈ l iː s ə / ; Italian : Monna Lisa [ˈmɔnna ˈliːza] or La Gioconda [la dʒoˈkonda] , French : La Joconde [la ʒɔkɔ̃d] ) is a half-length portrait painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci that has been described as "the best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung about, the most parodied work of art in the world." [1] The Mona Lisa is also one ...