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
Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci was successfully righted on 24 January 1921. The "Regia Marina" planned to modernize "Leonardo da Vinci" by replacing her center turret with six AA guns, but ultimately lacked the funds to do so and sold her for scrap on 22 March 1923. Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci was one of three dreadnoughts built for the "Regia Marina" (Italian Royal Navy) in the early 1910s. Completed just before the beginning of World War I, the ship saw no action and was sunk by a magazine explosion in 1916 with the loss of 248 officers and enlisted men. The