Mona Lisa Mona Lisa The Mona Lisa (; or La Gioconda , ) is a half-length portrait painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci that has been described as "the best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung about, the most parodied work of art in the world". The "Mona Lisa" is also one of the most valuable paintings in the world. It holds the Guinness World Record for the highest known insurance valuation in history at $100 million in 1962, which is worth nearly $800 million in 2017. The painting is thought to be a
Mona Lisa YouTube. A 2014 "New Yorker" magazine cartoon parodies the supposed enigma of the "Mona Lisa" smile in an animation showing progressively maniacal smiles. A version of "Mona Lisa" known as "Mujer de mano de Leonardo Abince" ("Woman by Leonardo da Vinci's hand") held in Madrid's Museo del Prado was for centuries considered to be a work by Leonardo. However, since its restoration in 2012 it is considered to have been executed by one of Leonardo's pupils in his studio at the same time as "Mona Lisa" was being painted. Their conclusion, based on analysis obtained after the picture underwent extensive