Copy of the "Mona Lisa"  1660

[i]Copy after Leonardo da Vinci [br][/i]Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) began a portrait of Lisa Gherardini about 1503 and then took with him to France, selling it to the French king in 1516. During the centuries that it remained in the royal collection it was copied many times. Some of the early copiests wanted to "complete" Leonardo's composition by introducing columns at ...