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Interior design by Paul Dippolito
Jacket design by Christopher Lin
Jacket images: Florence © Italian School/ Getty Imges;
Mona Lisa, c.1503–6 (oil on panel), Vinci, Leonardo da (1452–1519) / Louvre, Paris, France / Giraudon / The Bridgeman Art Library
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Hales, Dianne M.
Mona Lisa : a life discovered / Dianne Hales.
pages cm
1. Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452–1519. Mona Lisa. 2. Del Giocondo, Lisa Gherardini, 1479–1542. 3. Artists’ models—Italy—Florence—Biography. 4. Florence (Italy)—History—1421–1737. I. Title.
ND623.L5A7 2014
759.5—dc23
[B] 2013042086
ISBN 978-1-4516-5896-5
ISBN 978-1-4516-5898-9 (ebook)