Dark, scandalous life behind Mona Lisa's mysterious smile
29 Aug 2017 10:12 PM IST
London: Mona Lisa - the enigmatic muse of Italian polymath Leonardo da Vinci's famous painting - was married off to a much older slave trader at the age of 15,
according to a new book which suggests that her dark life may hold the secret to her mysterious smile.
In the book Mona Lisa: The People and The Painting, authors Martin Kemp from the UK and Giusepps Pallanti from Italy reveal the events of the dark life of Lisa Gherardini - the painting's real-life Mona Lisa - and others involved in the work.
Gherardini, born in Florence in June 1479, was married at the age of 15 years to a much older Francesco del Giocondo, who was a wealthy 30-year-old merchant and widower in 1495.
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