Brev00 wrote: Shasoc wrote: Brev00 wrote:
Tres amusant! I am not a French speaker but somehow it feels appropriate for this clever AI redo
Thanks for the comments, Brev00
I don't think Mona Lisa spoke french. She was from Firenze. Neither did Leonardo. He was from Vinci, a little town near Firenze.
Socrate
Perhaps not but the original is displayed at the Louvre in Paris, France.
Yes, it is a well-known fact that the Mona Lisa is displayed at the Louvre. But that is only the end of the story.
The painting was originally commissioned to Leonardo by a rich Florentine silk merchant, Francesco del Giocondo, Lisa’s husband. That is why the painting is more often referred to as “La Gioconda”.
Leonardo started the painting in 1503, and (how strange it may sound) he never finished it. He continued to work on that painting, adding tiny strokes and light layers for the rest of his life, and was in his studio when he died (May 2, 1519). So how did the painting end up in France?
The new king of France, Francis I, 21 years old, was educated with love of the Italian Renaissance, (his mother was a Savoie) and when he met Leonardo in Bologna, in 1516, he invited Leonardo to come to France. Since Leonardo’s relationship with the Medici family was uncomfortable, he accepted the invitation and joined the king in France. Leonardo was 64 years old, and took with him 3 paintings he was still working on; The Virgin and Child, Saint John the Baptist and the Mona Lisa. Leonardo died,3 years later, in France.
King Francis bought the Mona Lisa painting shortly after Leonardo's death for 4,000 gold coins (?). After the French Revolution it became property of the French Republic. But that is another story
Socrate
Jun 09, 2026 at 10:27 PM
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