Lisa del Giocondo
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Lisa del Giocondo was an Italian noblewoman and member of the Gherardini family of Florence and Tuscany. Her name was given to the Mona Lisa, her portrait commissioned by her husband and painted by Le
Detail of Mona Lisa (above) by Leonardo da Vinci
In Florence Cathedral baptismal records for June 1479, Lisa is the sixth entry, listed under her first and second names "Lisa & Camilla".
The full Mona Lisa painting (English: Mona Lisa, Italian: La Gioconda, French: La Joconde) by Leonardo da Vinci, Louvre
Agostino Vespucci's margin note
The Battle of Anghiari is a lost fresco painting by Leonardo da Vinci in the Salone dei Cinquecento in the Palazzo Vecchio, Florence. Its central scene would have depicted four men riding raging war h
Lisa del Giocondo
…explain his interest in a private portrait. Later that year, he most likely had to delay his work on Mona Lisa when he received payment for starting The Battle of Anghiari, which was a more valuable commission and one he was contracted to complete by February 1505. In 1506, Leonardo considered the portrait unfinished. He…
Copy of The Battle of Anghiari made in the 16th century and owned and extended by Rubens. Purportedly, from left to right are Francesco Piccinino, Niccolò Piccinino, Ludovico Trevisan and Giovanni Antonio Del Balzo Orsini.
Study of Two Warriors’ Heads for The Battle of Anghiari (c. 1504–5). Black chalk or charcoal, some traces of red chalk on paper, 19.1 × 18.8 cm. Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
A copy possibly made from the original incomplete work (c. 1504–5)
Study of a Warrior’s Head for the Battle of Anghiari. Red chalk on very pale pink prepared paper, 22.6 × 18.6 cm. Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest