Mona Lisa

Name: Mona Lisa
Brand: Leonardo da Vinci
Price: 1000000000 USD
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Provenance documented (5 entries)
COA · Musée du Louvre — Département des Peintures
Catalogue raisonné: listed
Art Loss Register: cleared (2026)
Authentication committee: approved
Condition: Excellent

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Medium: Oil on poplar panel
Dimensions: 53 × 77 cm (20.9 × 30.3 in)

About the work

Leonardo da Vinci's portrait of Lisa Gherardini, wife of Florentine merchant Francesco del Giocondo — the most recognised and visited painting in the world. Begun in Florence around 1503 and worked on for over a decade, the picture defines the High Renaissance through its sfumato modelling, atmospheric landscape, and ambiguous half-smile. Acquired by François I after Leonardo's death in 1519, it has hung in the French royal collection and the Louvre ever since, interrupted only by its famous 1911 theft by Vincenzo Peruggia. Painted in oil on a single panel of poplar.

Cataloguing

Substrate: Poplar wood
Catalogue raisonné: Zöllner 2003, cat. XV; Marani 2000, cat. 12
Frame: Period giltwood frame, Louvre archive collection
Date: circa 1503

Provenance

c. 1503 – 1519Leonardo da Vinci · Painted in Florence and France; remained with the artist until his death
1519 – 1547King François I of France · Acquired by the French Crown after Leonardo's death at Clos Lucé
1547 – 1797French Royal Collection (Fontainebleau, Louvre) · Held by successive French monarchs; moved to the Louvre at the founding of the museum
1800 – 1804Napoléon Bonaparte (private apartments) · Briefly hung in Napoleon's bedroom at the Tuileries Palace
1804 – presentLouvre Museum, Paris · Returned to the Louvre; stolen by Vincenzo Peruggia in 1911 and recovered in 1913

Exhibitions

Mona Lisa: The Florentine Years, Musée du Louvre, Paris
Leonardo da Vinci, Musée du Louvre, Paris (cat. no. cat. 198)
Leonardo and the Mona Lisa Story, National Art Center, Tokyo
Salon Carré — return after the 1911 theft, Musée du Louvre, Paris

Literature

Giorgio Vasari, Le Vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori e architetti, p. vol. IV, on Leonardo da Vinci
Frank Zöllner, Leonardo da Vinci: The Complete Paintings, p. pp. 240-249
Martin Kemp, Mona Lisa: The People and the Painting, p. passim
Donald Sassoon, Mona Lisa: The History of the World's Most Famous Painting, p. Ch. 1-3

Condition

Excellent

No visible flaws under standard inspection.

Detailed condition report available on request.

Last inspected Oct 24, 2019

Authentication & provenance integrity

Secondary market
Acquired through a prior owner or auction.
Certificate of Authenticity
Issued by Musée du Louvre — Département des Peintures
Authenticated
Approved by the relevant artist committee or foundation.
Art Loss Register checked
Searched Jun 2026 — no match against the registry of stolen and missing works.

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