Who painted the Mona Lisa and how much is it worth?”
Mona Lisa (also known as La Gioconda) is a 16th century portrait painted in oil on a poplar panel by Leonardo da Vinci during the Italian Renaissance. The work is owned by the French Government and hangs in the Musee du Louvre in Paris, France with the title Portrait of Lisa Gherardini, wife of Francesco del Giocondo. ______ Mona Lisa (Italian: La Gioconda, French:La Joconde) Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1503–1506 Oil on poplar 77 × 53 cm, 30 × 21 in Musee de Louvre, Paris Prior to the 1962–1963 tour, the painting was assessed for insurance purposes at $100 million. According to the Guiness Book of Records, this makes the Mona Lisa the most valuable painting ever insured. As an expensive painting, it has only recently been surpassed (in terms of actual dollar price) by three other paintings, the Adele-BlochBAuer I by Gustav Klimt, which was sold for $135 million
