Mona Lisa Revealed: The True Identity of Leonardo's Model

GiuseppePallanti,followingGiorgioVasari'slead,baseshisworkonameticulousandin-depthreviewofarchivalmaterialsinattributinganametooneofthemosticonicfacesinarthistory:LisaGherardini,wifeofFrancescodelGiocondo.TheauthorlooksbeyondthemythenshroudingoneoftheabsolutemasterpiecesofLeonardo'sgenius,andgivesusMonaLisaasanauthenticandlivingwoman.Withhisengagingandcasualstyle,hehasreconstructedherpersonalandhistoricaldimension.Therevelationofthemysteriousidentityofthemodel,hiddenupuntilnowandobjectofthemostdisparateandfar-fetchedhypotheses,certainlytakesnothingawayfromtheenigmaticqualityofthat"smile".Itbecomesevenmore