We all have to do our own laundry and so does Mona Lisa if she wants her clothes pristine over the years. So Mona has posed with her iron and board in this painting that will have you in splits. The Theft That Made The 'Mona Lisa' A Masterpiece". All Things Considered. NPR. 30 July 2011 . Retrieved 24 August 2020. Chiesa, Angela Ottino della (1967). The Complete Paintings of Leonardo da Vinci. Penguin Classics of World Art. London: Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-14-008649-2. Why doesn’t Mona Lisa celebrate her birthday? Because age is just a number in the corner of a canvas. Nizza, Mike (15 January 2008). "Mona Lisa's Identity, Solved for Good?". The New York Times . Retrieved 15 January 2008.

Asmus, John F. (1 July 1989). "Computer Studies of the Isleworth and Louvre Mona Lisas". Optical Engineering. 28 (7): 800–804. Bibcode: 1989OptEn..28..800A. doi: 10.1117/12.7977036 . Retrieved 26 July 2017.Bacci, Mina (1978) [1963]. The Great Artists: Da Vinci. Translated by Tanguy, J. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. Mona Lisa fans decry brief encounter with their idol in Paris". The Guardian. 13 August 2019 . Retrieved 24 August 2020. Man in wig throws cake at glass protecting Mona Lisa". ABC News. Associated Press. 30 May 2022 . Retrieved 30 May 2022.

Mona Lisa is not just a painting; it’s a muse for puns that will make you laugh. So, When you visit a museum or see a Mona Lisa painting, remember these puns and share them with your friends. Who knows, you might just brighten up someone’s day with a good laugh. a b Chaundy, Bob (29 September 2006). "Faces of the Week". BBC. Archived from the original on 3 August 2014 . Retrieved 5 October 2007. Walter. " The Eyes and the Smile of Mona Lisa." Science Friday. October 19, 2017. Accessed: March 31, 2020.Lichfield, John (1 April 2005). "The Moving of the Mona Lisa". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 9 November 2016. Bohm-Duchen, Monica (2001). The private life of a masterpiece. University of California Press. p. 65. ISBN 978-0-520-23378-2 . Retrieved 10 October 2010.

Steve. " The Mona Lisa Made from Toast Joins Famous Artworks Depicted in Slices of Bread." Mirror, August 4, 2016. Accessed: March 31, 2020. Woods-Marsden, Joanna (2001). "Portrait of the Lady, 1430–1520". In Brown, David Alan (ed.). Virtue & Beauty. London: Princeton University Press. pp.64–87. ISBN 978-0-691-09057-3. That Leonardo painted such a work, and its date, were confirmed in 2005 when a scholar at Heidelberg University discovered a marginal note in a 1477 printing of a volume by ancient Roman philosopher Cicero. Dated October 1503, the note was written by Leonardo's contemporary Agostino Vespucci. This note likens Leonardo to renowned Greek painter Apelles, who is mentioned in the text, and states that Leonardo was at that time working on a painting of Lisa del Giocondo. [25] One minute you’re bleeding. The next minute you’re hemorrhaging. The next minute you’re painting the Mona Lisa.” – Mac O’Grady Rosenbaum, Matthew (27 September 2012). "Second Mona Lisa Unveiled for First Time in 40 Years". ABC News. ABC News Internet Ventures . Retrieved 12 June 2020.

The Mona Lisa (La Gioconda)". BBC. 25 October 2009. Archived from the original on 26 June 2010 . Retrieved 24 October 2009. E.H. Gombrich, The Story of Art". Artchive.com. Archived from the original on 3 June 2013 . Retrieved 3 June 2013. a b Zollner, Frank (1993). "Leonardo da Vinci's portrait of Mona Lisa de Giocondo" (PDF). Gazette des Beaux Arts. 121: 115–138 . Retrieved 3 August 2017. Mona Lisa's Mother If Mona Lisa's mother were Jewish, she would have said: "Mona, bubbeleh, after all the money your father and I spent on your brace, that's the biggest smile you can give us?"

The record of an October 1517 visit by Louis d'Aragon states that the Mona Lisa was executed for the deceased Giuliano de' Medici, Leonardo's steward at Belvedere, Vienna, between 1513 and 1516 [77] [78] [c]—but this was likely an error. [79] [d] According to Vasari, the painting was created for the model's husband, Francesco del Giocondo. [80] A number of experts have argued that Leonardo made two versions (because of the uncertainty concerning its dating and commissioner, as well as its fate following Leonardo's death in 1519, and the difference of details in Raphael's sketch—which may be explained by the possibility that he made the sketch from memory). [66] [69] [68] [81] The hypothetical first portrait, displaying prominent columns, would have been commissioned by Giocondo c. 1503, and left unfinished in Leonardo's pupil and assistant Salaì's possession until his death in 1524. The second, commissioned by Giuliano de' Medici c. 1513, would have been sold by Salaì to Francis I in 1518 [e] and is the one in the Louvre today. [69] [68] [81] [82] Others believe that there was only one true Mona Lisa but are divided as to the two aforementioned fates. [22] [83] [84] At some point in the 16th century, a varnish was applied to the painting. [3] It was kept at the Palace of Fontainebleau until Louis XIV moved it to the Palace of Versailles, where it remained until the French Revolution. [85] In 1797, it went on permanent display at the Louvre. [11] Refuge, theft, and vandalism Louis Béroud's 1911 painting depicting Mona Lisa displayed in the Louvre before the theft, which Béroud discovered and reported to the guards I really believe that if you practice enough you could paint the ’Mona Lisa’ with a two-inch brush.” – Bob Ross De Beatis, Antonio (1979) [1st pub.:1517]. Hale, J.R.; Lindon, J.M.A. (eds.). The travel journal of Antonio de Beatis: Germany, Switzerland, the Low Countries, France and Italy 1517–1518. London, England: Haklyut Society.

To determine whether the subject of the Mona Lisa was giving off more happiness or more sadness, scientists at the University of Freiburg showed 12 people nine photos of the painting: One was the original, while the other eight had been digitally manipulated around the mouth to show the subject as either happier or sadder. The photos were shuffled and shown to every participant 30 times; 97 percent of the time, they said the original painting appeared happy. Kemp, Martin (1981). Leonardo: The marvelous works of nature and man. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-52460-6.