Mona Lisa
2020>2021
Artist John Marshall
Yearc. 2001 2002,
Subject Lisa del Giocondo
Dimensions 77 cm × 53 cm (30 in × 21 in)
Location Stoney Creek, ON Canada
Dear John,
" Thank you for sending this. Bravo! It must have been a lot of work. We should compare notes some time. I have half an idea that I would like to make a copy myself—after I’ve retired! "
Best wishes,
Dianne
Dianne Modestini
World renowned restorer of Leonardo daVinci Paintings
Clinical Professor for the Kress Program in Paintings Conservation Center of the Institute of Fine Arts,
New York University
The Mona Lisa is a half-length portrait painting by the Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci. Considered an archetypal masterpiece of the Italian Renaissance, it has been described as "the best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung about, [and] the most parodied work of art in the world". The painting's novel qualities include the subject's enigmatic expression, the monumentality of the composition, the subtle modelling of forms, and the atmospheric illusionism.
The Mona Lisa is a portrait painting of Lisa del Giocondo, the wife of a wealthy Florentine silk merchant. It is considered a masterpiece of the Italian Renaissance and is the most famous portrait in the world.
