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Who is Mona Lisa?Was she a real person?


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: The official name for the painting is "La Gioconda" and she is thought to be the wife of Francesco del Giocondo.
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/vin...

"Nobody knows for certain whom Leonardo??s Mona Lisa represents. Is Lisa Gherardini del Giocondo looking at us, or is it Leonardo??s girlish lover, his mother, or is it a compound image, perhaps even a hermaphrodite, representing several persons at the same time? " from http://www.aiwaz.net/mona-lisa---sol-and...

Some have even suggested that this is Leonardo's male version of himself.

If you are interested in parodies of the painting, you will enjoy this site... http://www.monalisamania.com/artmain.htm...