Oct 04, 2024 06:00:00 It turns out Da Vinci used toxic paints when painting the Mona Lisa Created by Leonardo da Vinci in the early 16th century, the Mona Lisa is an oil painting on a poplar panel ...
The most infamous victims of the myopic quest to catch a glimpse of Leonardo’s painting are the Venetian pictures around the Mona Lisa. Sure enough, on a summer visit, I regularly had to ask ...
Boredom? (Da Vinci’s ensuing and more lucrative side hustles meant the painting took years to finish, so she must have had her doubts)—is forever immortalized as the “Mona Lisa”.
Notably, many people believe that the world’s most famous painting is Leonardo Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa. Much to our surprise, the Mona Lisa is not the world’s most expensive painting ever sold. The ...