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Mona Lisa



The Mona Lisa is a half-length portrait painting by the Italian renaissance artist Leonardo Da Vinci that has been described as the best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung about, the most parodied work of art in the world. The Mona Lisa is also one of the most valuable paintings in the world. The painting is thought to be a portrait of Lisa Gherardini, the wife of Francesco del Giocondo, and is in oil on a white Lombardy poplar panel. This painting is valued to be around US$790 million.






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