Record of the work
Mona Lisa
Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1503
Catalogue
- Medium
- Oil on poplar panel
- Support
- Poplar wood
- Dimensions
- 53 × 77 cm (20.9 × 30.3 in)
- Catalogue raisonne
- Zöllner 2003, cat. XV; Marani 2000, cat. 12
- Frame
- Period giltwood frame, Louvre archive collection
Provenance
- 01Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1503 – 1519Source: Painted in Florence and France; remained with the artist until his death
- 02King François I of France, 1519 – 1547Source: Acquired by the French Crown after Leonardo's death at Clos Lucé
- 03French Royal Collection (Fontainebleau, Louvre), 1547 – 1797Source: Held by successive French monarchs; moved to the Louvre at the founding of the museum
- 04Napoléon Bonaparte (private apartments), 1800 – 1804Source: Briefly hung in Napoleon's bedroom at the Tuileries Palace
- 05Louvre Museum, Paris, 1804 – presentSource: Returned to the Louvre; stolen by Vincenzo Peruggia in 1911 and recovered in 1913
Exhibited
- Mona Lisa: The Florentine Years, Musée du Louvre, Paris, 1952
- Leonardo da Vinci, Musée du Louvre, Paris, 2019 (cat. cat. 198)
- Leonardo and the Mona Lisa Story, National Art Center, Tokyo, 2014
- Salon Carré — return after the 1911 theft, Musée du Louvre, Paris, 1914
Literature
- Giorgio Vasari, Le Vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori e architetti, 1550, p. vol. IV, on Leonardo da Vinci
- Frank Zöllner, Leonardo da Vinci: The Complete Paintings, 2003, p. pp. 240-249
- Martin Kemp, Mona Lisa: The People and the Painting, 2017, p. passim
- Donald Sassoon, Mona Lisa: The History of the World's Most Famous Painting, 2001, p. Ch. 1-3
Condition
No condition report has been recorded for this work.
Authentication
- Certificate issued by
- Musée du Louvre — Département des Peintures
- Committee status
- approved
- Art Loss Register
- Checked on 21 June 2026
Transfer of ownership
This work has not been sold through Meridian’s. It is currently consigned by Meridian's Demo.