Mona Lisa A Life Discovered

Name: Mona Lisa A Life Discovered
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ISBN: 9781451658972

ISBN-10: 1451658974

ISBN-13: 9781451658972

Edition: 2014

Authors: Dianne R. Hales

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"A genius immortalized her. A French king paid a fortune for her. An emperor coveted her. No face has ever captivated so many for so long. Every year more than nine million visitors trek to her portrait in the Louvre. Yet while everyone recognizes her smile, hardly anyone knows her story. This book rests on the premise that the woman in the Mona Lisa is indeed the person identified in its earliest description: Lisa Gherardini (1479-1542), wife of the Florence merchant Francesco del Giocondo. Dianne Hales has followed facts wherever she could find them -- from the Florence State Archives, to the squalid street where she was born, to the ruins of the convent where she died. Lisa Gherardini…

Book details

List price: $16.00
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publication date: 8/18/2015
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English