The Mona Lisa (/? mo? n? 'li: s? as well as; Italian: Monna Lisa ['m? nna 'li: za] or La Gioconda [la d? o'konda], French: La Joconde [la?? k?? d]) is a half-length {family portrait|symbol|face} painting by the {Italian language|German|First-rate} Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci that has recently been described as "the most widely known, the most visited, the most written about, the most being sung about, the most parodied work of art in the world". The {Borrachera|Cogorza|Curda} Lisa is also one of the most valuable paintings in the world. It holds the Guinness World Record for {the greatest|the best|the very best} known insurance valuation of all time at {hundred buck|$22.99|$1000} million in 1962; which is worth {practically} hundreds of dollars million in 2017.
The painting is {considered to be|regarded as} a portrait of Lisa Gherardini, the wife of Francesco del Giocondo, {and it is|and is also|which is} in oil on a white Lombardy poplar panel. {It was|It turned out} believed to have recently been painted between 1503 and 1506; however, Leonardo may have continued working on it as late as 1517. Recent academic work suggests that {it might|it could|it will} not have been started before 1513. It was {obtained|attained|bought} by King Francis {We|I actually|My spouse and i} of France and is now {the home|the house|the exact property} of the French Republic, on {long lasting|everlasting} display at the Louvre Museum in Paris since 1797.
The subject's {manifestation|appearance|phrase}, which is frequently {referred to as|identified as} enigmatic, the monumentality of the composition, the {delicate|refined|simple} modelling of forms, and the atmospheric illusionism were novel qualities {which may have|that contain} written for the continuing {captivation|enchantment|enthrallment} and study of the work.
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