1503-1506
Oil on poplar panel
77 cm x 53 cm (30 in x 21 in)
Musée du Louvre, Paris, France.
The Mona Lisa, also known as The Gioconda, has gained the status of "the most famous painting in the world" due to a combination of various bohemian predilections and series of events, most of which evolved and took place during the 20th century. "The most famous" is not necessarily the "most beautiful," as this extensive Wikipedia article appears to imply - but it undoubtedly is beautiful, and will remain such even if it loses its celebrity status.
The portrait, however, is more readily referred to as "enigmatic." The ever elusive smile, the misty atmosphere, the hazy landscape in the background and, most of all, the ambiguous, inscrutable expression on the face of the sitter entrap the imagination, leaving questions open and fancy disturbed. Mona Lisa’s exceedingly serene, indifferent disposition further deepens the uncertainty and excites curiosity.
Indeed, the long-standing fascination with her visage could have a simple yet powerful psychological reason: we are often most interested in that which doesn’t seem to be interested in us.
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