Leonardo da Vinci began painting the Mona Lisa, one of the most famous paintings of all time, in 1503. He was working on a special painting for a church at the time, but it was not going well. The woman who can be seen in the Mona Lisa is said to be Madonna Lisa del Giocondo. She was the wife of an Italian businessman who asked da Vinci to paint a portrait of her. After Leonardo da Vinci finished the painting in 1506, he was invited by the French King, Francois I, to visit France, and he took ...
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Leonardo da Vinci began painting the Mona Lisa, one of the most famous paintings of all time, in 1503. He was working on a special painting for a church at the time, but it was not going well. The woman who can be seen in the Mona Lisa is said to be Madonna Lisa del Giocondo. She was the wife of an Italian businessman who asked da Vinci to paint a portrait of her.
After Leonardo da Vinci finished the painting in 1506, he was invited by the French King, Francois I, to visit France, and he took die painting with him. Today, the Mona Lisa is kept in the Louvre, an art museum in Paris, and it is seen by about six million visitors a year.
The painting measures only 77 centimeters by 53 centimeters and is painted with oil on wood. In 1911, it was stolen by a worker at the Louvre, Vincenzo Peruggia, who took it out of the museum by hiding it under his coat. Two years later, police found the painting under Peruggia’s bed after he tried to sell it.
In 1962, the Mona Lisa was taken to Washington and New York for an exhibition. For the journey, it was insured for 100 million dollars, making it the most valuable painting ever!
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Leonardo da Vinci bắt đầu vẽ Mona Lisa, một trong những bức tranh nổi tiếng nhất mọi thời đại, vào năm 1503. Lúc đó ông đang thực hiện một bức tranh đặc biệt cho một nhà thờ, nhưng công việc không suôn sẻ. Mona Lisa được cho là Madonna Lisa del Giocondo, vợ của một doanh nhân người Ý, người đã yêu cầu da Vinci vẽ chân dung bà.
Sau khi Leonardo da Vinci hoàn thành bức tranh vào năm 1506, ông được Vua Pháp Francois I mời đến thăm Pháp và mang theo bức tranh khuôn. Ngày nay, bức Mona Lisa được lưu giữ tại Louvre, một bảo tàng nghệ thuật ở Paris, và nó được khoảng sáu triệu du khách nhìn thấy mỗi năm.
Bức tranh có kích thước chỉ 77 cm x 53 cm và được vẽ bằng dầu trên gỗ. Năm 1911, nó bị một công nhân tại Louvre, Vincenzo Peruggia, đánh cắp, người này đã lấy nó ra khỏi bảo tàng bằng cách giấu dưới áo khoác. Hai năm sau , cảnh sát tìm thấy bức tranh dưới gầm giường của Peruggia sau khi anh ta cố bán ft.
Năm 1962, Mona Lisa được đưa tới Washington và New York để triển lãm. Trong chuyến hành trình, nó được bảo hiểm 100 triệu đô la, khiến nó trở thành bức tranh có giá trị nhất từ trước đến nay!
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