The Isleworth Mona Lisa is an early 16th-century oil on canvas painting depicting the same subject as Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa, though with the subject (Lisa del Giocondo) depicted as being a younger age. [1]

Yes, this is the Mona Lisa before the Mona Lisa. Painted in 1503 by the master Leonardo da Vinci, it is the first and unique version of the masterpiece.

Nov 20, 2023 · The three main historical accounts surrounding the emergence of ‘Mona Lisa’, those of Giorgio Vasari, Antonio de Beatis and Gian Paolo Lomazzo are totally different from each other, and were written decades apart.

Oct 16, 2019 · The so-called "Earlier Mona Lisa" is at the heart of a mystery that involves Caribbean tax havens, Swiss bank vaults, a mysterious international consortium, and the...

Sep 7, 2012 · 1922-1926 – Connoisseurs see the painting: Eyre follows up with a second book on the painting detailing ten reasons for recognising it as the earlier version of Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci. In this book, he documents that the painting was brought to Rome in 1922 and was examined by leading Leonardo experts.

Oct 18, 2012 · Some critics of the painting claim that the ‘Earlier Mona Lisa’ is a copy of the ‘Mona Lisa’ in the Louvre. The Mona Lisa Foundation points to the following reasons as to why it is not a copy:

The Isleworth Mona Lisa, known also as The First Mona Lisa, is an early 16th-century oil on canvas painting depicting the same subject as Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, though with the subject (Lisa del Giocondo) depicted as being a younger age.

Leonardo da Vinci’s stunning portrait of the young Lisa Gherardini (Mona Lisa), commissioned in Florence by her husband Francesco del Giocondo (c.1503-1506), was unveiled at the Palazzo Bastogi on 8 June 2019. Five hundred years after the death of the Master, the ‘Earlier Mona Lisa’ returned to the city where it was created.

Oct 28, 2019 · According to its website, the Mona Lisa Foundation seeks to “make Leonardo’s ‘Earlier Mona Lisa’ known and loved in its own right, as much as the version that hangs in the Louvre Museum.” It strenuously denies the Gilberts’ claims.

Nov 30, 2023 · The Mona Lisa Foundation's new exhibition in Turin aims to convince viewers that the Isleworth Mona Lisa (left) is an early version of the world-famous Mona Lisa (right). An earlier...