The painting's subject is commonly thought to be Lisa Gherardini, whose wealthy and presumably adoring husband Francesco del Giocondo. This explains the less prevalent title for the painting, La Gioconda, or La Joconde in French.

2. NAPOLEÓN
 
The french emperor once had Mona Lisa hanging in his Bedroom  in the Tuileries Palace for about four years, beginning in 1800.

3. THE MONA LISA IS ESSENTIALLY PRICELESS.

In the 1960s, the painting went on a tour where it was given a insurance valuation of $100 million but factoring in inflation, more recent assessment estimated it's worth $2.5 billion.

Some have suggested the sculpture is not Aphrodite or Venus, but Amphitrite, the sea goddess who was particularly adored on Milos.

2.SHE'S BEEN ROBBED!

Venus is missing more than just her arms. She was originally draped in jewelry including a bracelet, earrings and a headband. These flourishes are long lost, but the holes for fixing them to the piece remain in the marble.

While it’s easy for today’s art admirers to think of Greek statues as white, the marble was often painted in the style of polychromy.

The Musée du Louvre contains more than 380,000 objects and displays 35,000 works of art in eight curatorial departments with more than 60,600 square meters.
About the museum
Address: Rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris, France

Departments: Librairie-Boutique du Musée du Louvre

Hours: 

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Phone: +33 1 40 20 50 50

Description

Collection size: 615,797 in 2019 

Established: August 10, 1793

Architects: Pierre Lescot, Louis Le Vau, Claude Perrault

Directors: Jean-Luc Martinez, Henri Loyrette

Public transit access: Palais-Royal - Musée du Louvre, Louvre - Rivoli

Top 3 masterpieces and paintings : the best of Louvre artwork