It is believed to be but, no one knows for sure. Many scholars and facial experts have come to the conclusion that their faces are startlingly similar from the size of the nostrils to the distance between the eyes and so on and so forth. Laying a transparency of The Mona Lisa over a self potrait of da vinci has also proved that the images almost exactly match up. Some people believe that it's him in "drag" but being the brilliant man he was he probably wanted to see his own perfect mate because scientists have proven that we are very inclined to fall for or be attracted to the opposite sex when they have characteristics similar to our own
No, it isn't a self portrait.
The painting is a portrait of Lisa Gherardini. Mona means Madam.Madam Lisa.
Vincent's self portrait.
Lisa GherardiniAnswer 2: The above is Mona Lisa's name, but her portrait was commissioned by her husband.
She is the woman who sat for the painting. It is a portrait of her.
It is a portrait of a Florentine lady, Lisa Gherardini.
Davinci painted... "The Mona Lisa".
The painting is a portrait of Lisa Gherardini. Mona means Madam.Madam Lisa.
portrait
Vincent's self portrait.
Unknown. Art experts think it could be a self portrait.
The artist was a man and the subject a real woman who posed.
All I know is that the Mona Lisa is a portrait of Lisa Gherardini. She was the wife of a merchant in Florence. It is said that he loved her.
Lisa GherardiniAnswer 2: The above is Mona Lisa's name, but her portrait was commissioned by her husband.
No one is. The 'Mona Lisa' is a Renaissance portrait painted by Leonardo da Vinci.
The Mona Lisa was painted by Leonardo da Vinci.
She is the woman who sat for the painting. It is a portrait of her.
It is a portrait of a Florentine lady, Lisa Gherardini.