29+ the second mona lisa painting
Mona Lisa Foundation Getty images Its a. Mona Lisa also known as La Gioconda in Italian and La Joconde in French for the jocund one is an oil painting of a lady on a 77 centimeter by 53 centimeter Lombardy poplar wood panel. Alan Davies State Library Photographic Curator In Photo Finish Photography Negative Photo Negative Portrait The presentation of painting The Isleworth Mona Lisa by Swiss Foundation Mona Lisa as a younger version of Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci caused scepticism among many academic art critics and historians. . The Mona Lisa had vanished and the painting was believed to be lost forever and it was two years before the real thief was discovered. That is quite the legacy for one small painting. The painting was subsequently bought by the American collector Henry F Pulitzer who in turn published a self-serving book arguing that the Isleworth picture was in fact Leonardos only real portrait of Mona short for Madonna Lisa Gh...