an oil painting on poplar wood by Leonardo da Vinci

The Mona Lisa is an oil painting on poplar wood by Leonardo da Vinci and is perhaps the most famous painting in art history.

an oil painting by Italian artist, inventor, and writer Leonardo da Vinci

The Mona Lisa is an oil painting by Italian artist, inventor, and writer Leonardo da Vinci.

an oil painting believed to have been created between 1503 and 1506 by Da Vinci during the renaissance era

The Mona Lisa is an oil painting believed to have been created between 1503 and 1506 by Da Vinci during the renaissance era.

a half-length portrait of Lisa Gherardini by the Italian Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci, which 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 a half-length portrait of Lisa Gherardini by the Italian Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci, which 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”.

crime thriller

Mona Lisa is a crime thriller of sorts, in that Hoskins plays George, an ex-con who falls for prostitute with a heart of gold (Simone, played by Cathy Tyson).

a Renaissance painting from the early 1500s by one of the world’s greatest artists and innovators, Leonardo Da Vinci

The Mona Lisa is a Renaissance painting from the early 1500s by one of the world’s greatest artists and innovators, Leonardo Da Vinci.

a half-length painting of a woman

The Mona Lisa is a half-length painting of a woman, believed to the wife of a rich silk merchant called Francesco del Giocondo from Florence.