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The Mona Lisa

A half - lenghth portrait painting by Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci, Considered an archetypal masterpiece of the Italian Renaissance. 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 Leonardo da…
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