Leonardo da Vinci's Monna Lisa. Portrait

The famous Mona Lisa painting by Leonardo da Vinci is often perceived solely as a pictorial image. Meanwhile, it was a real woman, who played a major role in the fate of a great artist.
Lisa the Mona Lisa was a Florentine aristocrat, her maiden name - Gherardini. She was born in 1479. By the time the meeting with Leonardo she was twenty-four years, and she's already eight years old was married to a silk merchant Francesco di Bartholomew del Gioconda.
Love Leonardo da Vinci and Monna Lisa the Mona Lisa is told in this book, written by the author on the basis of historical material.