View Leonardo Da Vinci Painted The Famous PNG. Her husband, francesco del giocondo requested the work by da vinci just after the turn of the century. Masterpieces of leonardo da vinci.
Leonardo da vinci undertook the task of painting the mona lisa, an oil painting on canvas, as a commission from francesco del giocondo, a wealthy florentine silk merchant. (redirected from leonardo da vinci). Leonardo was given the commission by the augustinian monks of san donato a scopeto in florence, but departed for milan the following year, leaving 2.
There are less than 20 surviving paintings that can be definitely attributed to him.
It's the most famous work of art on the planet. It's possible that this drawing was an early study for da vinci's painting a lady with an ermine (cecilia gallerani). He was the illegitimate child: A painting by leonardo da vinci sold for $450.3 million at christie's, by far the highest price for any work of art sold at auction—and a sign of the lofty but leonardo da vinci earned the description, explains walter isaacson in his lavishly illustrated new biography.