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German art historians say they’ve put a name to the famous face and settled the debate of the identity of the “Mona Lisa” once and for all.
According to this Reuters article, experts at the Heidelberg University library have found conclusive evidence that the woman in the famous Da Vinci painting was in fact Lisa Gherardini, the wife of a wealthy Florentine merchant, whom many historians had long thought was the subject of the portrait.
The German historians found scribbles in the margins of a book by a Florentine city official who mentions that Da Vinci was currently working on a portrait of Lisa Gherardini.
For other insights into the mysteries of the smiling woman in the painting, check out our article on why the “Mona Lisa”’s smile changes and just why the painting is so famous.
