Portrait de Lisa Gherardini, épouse de Francesco del Giocondo, dit La Joconde ou Monna Lisa

Portrait de Lisa Gherardini, épouse de Francesco del Giocondo, dit La Joconde ou Monna Lisa

Léonard de Vinci (Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci, dit Leonardo da Vinci) Italie

Details

Dimensions
Hauteur 0,794 m; Largeur 0,534 m; Hauteur avec accessoire 1,01 m; Largeur avec accessoire 0,77 m
Holding institution
Musée du Louvre
Image provider
wikimedia-commons
License
Public domain
Credit
Musée du Louvre, Département des Peintures

Art Genome Taxonomy

9 tags

Subject Matter

  • Individual Portrait Both · 99%

    The catalog identifies Lisa Gherardini as the subject, and the image visibly presents one centrally placed seated sitter in a formal portrait composition.

  • Face Visual · 98%

    The sitter’s face is the principal focal point, with carefully modeled eyes, mouth, cheeks, and forehead.

  • Landscapes Visual · 94%

    An expansive atmospheric landscape with layered terrain, distant ridges, water or waterways, and winding forms occupies the background.

Medium and Techniques

  • Oil Painting Metadata · 99%

    The Louvre catalog specifies oil as the medium.

  • Oil on Panel Metadata · 99%

    The catalog records oil on poplar wood, corresponding to an oil painting on a wooden panel support.

  • Chiaroscuro Visual · 84%

    The sitter’s illuminated face and hands emerge from deep shadows in the hair, clothing, and surrounding ground.

  • Sfumato Visual · 91%

    Contours around the eyes, mouth, cheeks, hair, and distant landscape dissolve through exceptionally soft tonal transitions rather than firm outlines.

Time Periods

  • 16th Century Art Metadata · 99%

    The catalog dates the work to 1503–1519, within the 16th century.

Geographic Regions

  • Italian Art Metadata · 98%

    The catalog’s artist display identifies Leonardo da Vinci as Italian through the designation “Italie.”

Source & rights

Leonardo da Vinci. Natural colors from 17:19, 18 August 2011 (UTC) version by Cybershot800i of File:Mona Lisa, by Leonardo da Vinci, from C2RMF retouched.jpg per this discussion. Cropped and relevelled from File:Mona Lisa, by Leonardo da Vinci, from C2RMF.jpg. Originally C2RMF: Galerie de tableaux en très haute définition: image page.