5. An estate is exempt from Inheritance Tax if the deceased left everything to their husband, wife or civil partner, who lives permanently in the UK. Married couples and civil partners can give any value of gifts to each other during their lifetime without Inheritance Tax being due on them.
While most people are aware the Mona Lisa is also called La Gioconda by the Italians (translation: a light-hearted woman.), fewer know the French refer to it as La Joconde. Done in oils on poplar wood it was originally much larger than it is today.
Leonardo da Vinci was a leading artist and intellectual of the Italian Renaissance who's known for his enduring works The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa. Who Was Leonardo da Vinci? Leonardo da Vinci (April 15, 1452 to May 2, 1519) was a painter, sculptor, architect, inventor, military engineer and draftsman â the epitome of a âRenaissance man.â With a curious mind and keen intellect, da Vinci studied the laws of science and nature, which greatly informed his work.