Mona Lisa
oil painting by Leonardo da Vinci in the Louvre, Paris
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The Mona Lisa is a painting [4] created in the 1503s [5] and associated with the Italian Renaissance movement [12]. It is a portrait [2] depicting Lisa del Giocondo [3], after whom the work is named [6]. The painting is also known by several alternative titles, including Portrait de Mona Lisa and Il ritratto di Mona Lisa [11].
The work is held in the Department of Paintings of the Louvre [7], where it remains one of the collection's most significant holdings. The subject is identified through the Iconclass notation 61BB2(Lisa del Giocondo)11 [1], a classification system used to index the depicted figure with scholarly precision.
The Mona Lisa has been a subject of scientific controversy [8], reflecting the ongoing scholarly and technical scrutiny the work continues to attract. Its enduring cultural prominence is evidenced by the extensive dedicated cataloguing it has received, including a named template and category in reference systems [9][10]. Together, these details underscore the painting's exceptional status as both an artistic and an historical object of study.
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