Leonardo da Vinci Was Not Methuselah When He Painted Mona Lisa

Leonardo da Vinci Was Not Methuselah When He Painted Mona Lisa

Many images and now AI videos of the greatest artist of all time, Leonardo da Vinci when he painted the Mona Lisa showed a grand old man with flowing long gray hair and long white beard.

This is totally historically wrong depiction of him, because Leonardo da Vinci was 51 years old when he began painting the portrait of Lisa del Giocondo in 1503. And he continued working on it off and on for many years—and kept it with him until he died—he was 67 years old when he finished or stopped working on the portrait in 1519.

Timeline of the Painting
Born: April 15, 1452
Started (1503): Age 51
Initial period (c. 1503–1506/1507): Ages 51 to 55
Final refinement/Death (1519): Age 67

Mona Lisa, Lisa del Giocondo, born Lisa Camilla di Antonmaria (June 15, 1479 – July 14, 1542) was an Italian noblewoman and member of the Gherardini family of Florence and Tuscany. Her name was given to the Mona Lisa, her portrait commissioned by her husband and painted by Leonardo da Vinci in the Italian Renaissance.

The Mona Lisa is the best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung about abd the most parodied work of art in the world.

Images:

1. Mona Lisa.

2. This portrait of Leonardo da Vinci attributed to Francesco Melzi, c. 1515–1518, is the only certain contemporary depiction of Leonardo.

3. Montage of the details of Leonardo da Vinci painting the Mona Lisa at 51 and image of him at 67 making the portrait with  Lisa del Giocondo sitting nearby 

by my description to ChatGPT.

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