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Secret Life of Mona Lisa

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The Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci is the most famous painting in the world. It hangs in the Louvre, as everyone knows. Her real name, according to art history, is “La Gioconda,” writes Giorgio Vasari, the chronicler of the Renaissance, in his diary. “La Gioconda” can be traced to Francesco del Giocondo, a rich Florentine merchant, and the Mona Lisa is the portrait of his wife Lisa del Giocondo. There have been doubts for many years about this theory, and they have never been more virulent than now.

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