Mona Lisa (La Joconde)
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Image: 16 15/16 × 12 9/16 in. (43.1 × 31.9 cm) Sheet: 21 3/4 × 15 1/2 in. (55.2 × 39.3 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1947
Accession Number
47.100.409
Tags
About the Artist
Leonardo da Vinci|Goupil et Vibert|Augustine Fauchery|F. Chardon, Ainé · 1452–1519
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) stands as the quintessential Renaissance polymath, whose genius spanned painting, sculpture, architecture, science, mathematics, engineering, anatomy, geology, cartography, botany, and writing. Born in Vinci, Italy, as the illegitimate son of a notary, Leonardo received limited formal education but demonstrated extraordinary artistic talent from an early age. His appr...