I am quite sure that the painting's subject is Leonardo's mother Caterina in a distant memory. She died in 1495. Lisa del Giocondo's job was to be the model only.
At the time that Leonardo painted the portrait of his mother, whom he adored, she had already died. This is the reason why Leonardo chose the setting of the Holy Land, as he imagined it, as the background to the portrait. (The Jordan River is painted to her right and the Sea of the Galilee to her left). See: Cross and Yarn-Winder.
The idea is that she was alive in Leonardo's imagination. This is similar to the background of Leonardo's paintings of the Virgin Mary, which also depict the same landscape of the Holy Land.Thus, Leonardo glorifies the Mona Lisa as the Virgin Mary. See: Leonardo glorifies Salai as Saint John the Baptist.Leonardo pictured his mother, who raised him until age five, in painting the Virgin Mary.So, she was the only significant woman in Leonardo's life, hence deserved to be glorified as the Virgin Mary.In all of his paintings, the Virgin Mary looks at her son. In this painting she looks at the painter.The conclusion is that the painter is her son.
This would explain why Leonardo kept the portrait with him wherever he traveled, until his death.
Leonardo was a great scientist as well as a great artist. His work shows integrity and belief in his self expressions. Leonardo possessed excellent memory and very lively imagination. He remembered his mother as a happy laughing and smiling woman (See: The Benois Madonna). Those highly knowledgeable in the arts understand that this theory is indeed the truth.
Roni Kempler
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It is a portrait of a Florentine lady, which was commissioned by her husband. That is one reason. there are several others. It is still under debate on why it was created.
*Mona Lisa. The Mona Lisa was painted by Leonardo Di Vinci
mona Lisa did not paint it was Leonardo da vinci who painted her
Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa.
The Mona Lisa was painted by Leonardo De Vinci
I do not know Mont Lisa. If you mean Mona Lisa, Leonardo da Vinci painted her.
*Mona Lisa. The Mona Lisa was painted by Leonardo Di Vinci
mona Lisa did not paint it was Leonardo da vinci who painted her
The Mona Lisa was painted through 1503-1507 by leonardo davinci.
The Mona Lisa was painted by Leonardo Da Vinci.
Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa.
The Mona Lisa was painted by Leonardo De Vinci
it was painted in Italy.
The very famous artist Leonardo Vinci painted the greatest artist , has painted the Mona Lisa. The real thing that stands out in that painting is that Mona Lisa does not have eyebrows at all.
The Mona Lisa painting is in the Louvre Museum in Paris. But Leonardo painted it in Florence, Italy.
I do not know Mont Lisa. If you mean Mona Lisa, Leonardo da Vinci painted her.
The painting 'Starry Night' was painted by Vincent van Gogh. The 'Mona Lisa' was painted by Leonardo da Vinci, 1503-1505.
Leonardo Da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa.