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Identity of Mona Lisa Unknown
As noted above, the first big mystery for this painting is the true identity of the woman shown in the portrait. Just who was the real Mona Lisa? Many historians believe that she is Italian noblewoman Lisa del Giocondo who was born in 1479. Giocondo was married to a wealthy merchant when alive and many think he commissioned Da Vinci to paint her likeness. There are other names that have been suggested though! Catarina Sforza has been earmarked as the real Mona Lisa and some say that it is one of Giuliano de Medici’s mistresses! For a truly out there idea, some say that it is an embellished self-portrait of Da Vinci himself.
