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Portrait of Mona Lisa (1479-1528), also known as La Gioconda, the wife of Francesco
del Giocondo; 1503-06 (150 Kb); Oil on wood, 77 x 53 cm (30 x 20 7/8 in); Musee
du Louvre, Paris
This figure of a woman, dressed in the Florentine fashion of her day and seated
in a visionary, mountainous landscape, is a remarkable instance of Leonardo's
sfumato technique of soft, heavily shaded modeling. The Mona Lisa's enigmatic
expression, which seems both alluring and aloof, has given the portrait universal
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