Logo

Did Leonardo da Vinci paint two Mona Lisas? Where are they?

10.06.2025 03:46

Did Leonardo da Vinci paint two Mona Lisas? Where are they?

Source: Chantilly, Musée Condé, France.

Donna Nuda:

There is only one Mona Lisa, at the Louvre, fully credited to Leonardo. However, there are several Mona Lisa look-alikes from his studio, some of them quite saucy. The one most similar to the Louvre one is the Prado Mona Lisa, a copy made simultaneously in Leonardo's workshop while he painted the Mona Lisa, probably made by an apprentice(s):

Earth’s oldest living creature unearthed—dating back 700 million years - The Brighter Side of News

For the one below, art experts suggest that it contains touches indicating that Leonardo contributed to it.

Evidently there was a market for erotic paintings. The American art historian David Brown, curator of Italian Renaissance paintings at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, has suggested that da Vinci painted a saucy parody of the Mona Lisa for his patron Giuliano de Medici, and that the Salai version is a copy.

Obviously, the original Mona Lisa also inspired some cheeky versions of her.

Kayla Harrison makes shock Ronda Rousey admission as she recalls pair's infamous Judo match - Bloody Elbow

Another version of the above exists, attributed to Salaj:

While overall similar, there are differences in the shape of the face, the background and other details.

Source: Louvre, Paris, France.

Why do flat-earthers claim the 1967 photo of Earth from space was made with CGI, even though CGI didn't exist back then?

Then there are the ‘meza nuda’ paintings from his workshop, often referred to as Monna Vannas.

Source: St Petersburg. Hermitage, Russia.

La Joconde nue:

If my heart stopped beating, would I have enough energy to walk out into the other room 20 ft away before I passed out and died?