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The History of the Mona Lisa

The Mona Lisa is perhaps the most famous painting in the world, one of the most recognised and copied. It currently hangs in the Louvre, where it is believed that 80% of the 10.2 million visitors go specifically… Read More

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Posted on October 30, 2020 by Hernan Souto

Louvre

Amboise, art history, da Vinci, Francois Premier, History 101, La Gioconda, La Joconde, Leonardo, Leonardo da Vinci, Louvre, Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa Theft, Napoleon, Pablo Picasso, Peruggia, Picasso

The Prado’s Gioconda

The other day I touched on Spain’s Span Across Europe in the general. It’s true that Spain’s reach was just so broad that it’s hard to know what to focus on at the Prado (the royal collection reflecting the… Read More

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Posted on February 8, 2014 by Hernan Souto

Art History 101

Italian Painting, Leonardo, Leonardo da Vinci, Louvre Beauty and the Bestiary, Louvre Collection, Louvre Ladies at the Louvre, Louvre Love Hunt, Mona Lisa, Paris Museums, Prado, Spain