CONTENTS

Epigraph

Mona Lisa Family Tree

Map

Author’s Note

1. Una Donna Vera (A Real Woman)

PART I: GHERARDINI BLOOD (59 B.C.–1478)

2. Fires of the Heart

3. A Voice Without a Face

4. “Who Would Be Happy . . .”

PART II: UNA FIORENTINA (1479–1499)

5. Daughter of the Renaissance

6. Money and Beauty

7. The Business of Marriage

8. The Merchant’s Wife

PART III: A NEW CENTURY (1500–1512)

9. New Beginnings

10. The Portrait in Progress

11. Family Matters

PART IV: THE MEDICI TRIUMPHANT (1513–1579)

12. The Rise of the Lions

13. The Great Sea

PART V: THE MOST FAMOUS PAINTING IN THE WORLD

14. The Adventures of Madame Lisa

15. The Last Smile

Acknowledgments

Mona Lisa Timeline

Principal Characters

About the Author

Notes

Bibliography

Index