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The world?蒺s most famous portrait, painted by Leonardo da Vinci （1452—1519达芬奇），between 1503 and 1506，hangs today in the Louvre（罗浮宫）in Paris. The Louvre, formerly a palace of the French kings, is now a museum of art and antiquities（古物） which is beyond all valuation（不可量价）.
The Mona Lisa is also called La Gioconda, because the sister?蒺s married name was Giocondo. It has been in France from the day in 1516 when Leonardo left Italy to settle there—except for two occasions（理由、原因） . Once, in 1911，the picture was stolen from the Louvre and found two years later in Italy. The second time it left France for 26 days, on a fantasitically well-guarded and highly insured visit to the United States as a guest of President John F. Kennedy.
Leonardo da Vinci began painting Lisa when she was 24 and he was 51. She used to come to the great master?蒺s studio in the late afternoon when the light was soft. Over the three years, Leonardo became fascinated by his model, and perhaps that was the reason why her husband, Francesco del Giocondo（蒙娜·丽莎的丈夫），never received the finished portrait. The artist always made the excuse that he had not quite finished it. He carried it with him wherever he went to Milan（米兰）, to Rome, and finally to France where King Francis I（法国王弗朗西斯一世）offered the artist a palace in the beautiful Loire valley（卢瓦尔谷）.
It is believed that Francis I paid 4000 gold crowns（皇冠）for the Mona Lisa, but it was not until after Leonardo?蒺s death that the King was able, at last, to possess（拥有）the painting of the Florentine lady with the the enigmatic smile. Thereafter, it remained in the possession of the kings and emperors of France.
The Mona Lisa is also called La Gioconda, because the sister?蒺s married name was Giocondo. It has been in France from the day in 1516 when Leonardo left Italy to settle there—except for two occasions（理由、原因） . Once, in 1911，the picture was stolen from the Louvre and found two years later in Italy. The second time it left France for 26 days, on a fantasitically well-guarded and highly insured visit to the United States as a guest of President John F. Kennedy.
Leonardo da Vinci began painting Lisa when she was 24 and he was 51. She used to come to the great master?蒺s studio in the late afternoon when the light was soft. Over the three years, Leonardo became fascinated by his model, and perhaps that was the reason why her husband, Francesco del Giocondo（蒙娜·丽莎的丈夫），never received the finished portrait. The artist always made the excuse that he had not quite finished it. He carried it with him wherever he went to Milan（米兰）, to Rome, and finally to France where King Francis I（法国王弗朗西斯一世）offered the artist a palace in the beautiful Loire valley（卢瓦尔谷）.
It is believed that Francis I paid 4000 gold crowns（皇冠）for the Mona Lisa, but it was not until after Leonardo?蒺s death that the King was able, at last, to possess（拥有）the painting of the Florentine lady with the the enigmatic smile. Thereafter, it remained in the possession of the kings and emperors of France.