WHY, PEOPLE ASK, why did Leonardo da Vinci choose to paint the portrait of the second wife of an unimportant Florentine merchant when dukes and duchesses all over Italy and the King of France as well, were all begging for a portrait by his hand?
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Relates, from the point of view of his servant Salai, how Leonardo da Vinci came to paint the Mona Lisa.
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Fiction, Large type books, History, Juvenile fiction, Children's fiction, Leonardo, da vinci, 1452-1519, fiction, Italy, history, fiction, Fiction in English, Renaissance, Mona Lisa (Leonardo, da Vinci), Historical fiction, Architecture, fiction, Europe, fictionPeople
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Beatrice consort of Lodovico Sforza il Moro, Duke of Milan (1475-1497), Andrea Salai (ca. 1480-ca. 1524)Places
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The second Mrs. Giaconda
2005, Simon & Schuster
in English
- 1st Simon & Schuster ed.
1416903429 9781416903420
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The second Mrs. Gioconda
2003, Aladdin Paperbacks
in English
- Aladdin paperback ed.
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The Second Mrs. Giaconda
October 1999, Tandem Library
School & Library Binding
in English
0833561227 9780833561220
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