A 16th-century Florentine noblewoman, Lisa Gherardini was the wife of a successful silk merchant named Francesco del Giocondo ...
Art critics hailed news of the move, saying that the precious painting has stolen the spotlight for long enough.
The modern-day portrait is the Emoji Lisa ... which she says is “very similar to the Mona Lisa, if the Mona Lisa was Dolly Parton and the paint was dumplings and disco balls.” ...
AP explains French President Emmanuel Macron gives a speech to announce a multi-year overhaul, long-term investments to modernize the Louvre museum, next to Leonardo da Vinci’s painting of the Mona ...