Giocondo Albertolli was born in 1742.
Giovanni Aldini died on January 17, 1834 at the age of 71.
He was a Florentine silk merchant and husband to Lisa del Giocondo, better known as Mona Lisa.
The painting ''Mona Lisa'' was named after Lisa del Giocondo, a member of the Gherardini family of Florence and Tuscany, and who was also the wife of a wealthy silk merchant named Francesco del Giocondo.
The woman in the painting called the 'Mona Lisa'.
Because he was commissioned by Francesco del Giocondo to make a portrait of his wife Lisa del Giocondo (Mona Lisa).
"La Joconde" is how the French refer to "La Giocondo", or as I learned it ... "The Mona Lisa" I don't know if 'Joconde' is a French word or just the French pronunciation of Giocondo.
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Put it this way: "Why did Leonardo da Vinci name this painting "La Gioconda"? Very simple. It is usually known as the Mona Lisa, which is short for Madonna Lisa (the woman's first name). She is better known as the third wife of a merchant from Florence named Francesco di Bartholommeo del Giocondo. "La Gioconda" is Italian for "the Giocondo woman" (-do is masculine, -da is feminine). So we might call the painting Mrs. Giocondo, or Mme Gioconda, or Frau Giocondo, or Signora Gioconda.
She was a real person. Her name was Lisa del Giocondo.
They Were Married In The Year Of 1495
Her real name was Lisa del Giocondo. She was a Florentine lady married to a successful cloth merchant: Francesco del Giocondo.