Speculations about Mona Lisa Speculations about Mona Lisa The 16th-century portrait Mona Lisa, or "La Gioconda" ("La Joconde"), painted in oil on a poplar panel by Leonardo da Vinci, has been the subject of a considerable deal of speculation. It has for a long time been argued that after Leonardo's death the painting was cut down by having part of the panel at both sides removed. Early copies depict columns on both sides of the figure. Only the edges of the bases can be seen in the original. However, some art historians, such as Martin Kemp, now argue that the painting has not been
Museo Ideale Leonardo da Vinci and "Friends of the Museum". The "Endless knot" (2007) draws on the land with 1,200 plants of "gioconde roses" the knot inspired by the decoration on the dress of Leonardo's "Mona Lisa". The garden is not open at the moment, awaiting for the reopening of the museum. Among its multimedia editions: "Leonardo da Vinci e il Codice Hammer": exhibition and cd-rom: 1994; "Leonardo. La pittura", ACTA-EMME, 1995; "La Biblioteca ideale di Leonardo", 1999; "I Parchi di ingegni e meraviglie in Toscana. Da Leonardo e Buontalenti al terzo millennio" for Regione Toscana, 2007; "Itinerario leonardiano" per l'IMSS, 2008. It curates also