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Tea towel "Gioconda"

Tea towel "Gioconda"

The Mona Lisa, or Mona Lisa's Portrait, is a painting by Leonardo da Vinci, painted between 1503 and 1506, depicting a half-length portrait, probably Florentine Lisa Gherardini, wife of Francesco del Giocondo. Acquired by Francis I, this oil painting on poplar wood panel of 77 x 53 cm (30.3 x 20.9 in) ...
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Characteristics

Dimensions :
42 x 72 cm
Artist :
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
Material :
Cotton
Museum :
Musée du Louvre
Theme :
Portrait
Art movements :
Renaissance, 16th century, Italian paintings
EAN :
3336728639916
Reference :
CA700068

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The artist

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)

Painter, sculptor, architect, scientist, musician and humanist of his time (XV-XVI centuries), initiator of the second Renaissance, Leonardo da Vinci is the very figure of the universal genius. After the completion of The Virgin with the Rocks, for the chapel San Francesco Grande, and that of the Equestrian Statue of Francesco Sforza, he found glory throughout Italy. The Last Supper, the ceiling of the Sforza Palace, the Mona Lisa and the Battle of Anghiari are a few of his great artworks. Leonardo also carried out a large amount of studies on zoology, botany, anatomy, geology. In 1516, he joined the court of Francis I, where he participated in urban planning projects. He is taken by an illness on May 2, 1519.