Second Mrs. Giaconda (Hardcover)


The Mona Lisa... Why did Leonardo da Vinci lavish three years on a painting of the second wife of an unimportant merchant when all the nobles of Europe were begging for a portrait by his hand?

No one knows for sure. But this story of Leonardo, his wayward apprentice Salai, and the Duke of Milan's plain young wife, Beatrice d'Este, may hold the clue to the most famous -- and puzzling -- painting of all time.


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The Mona Lisa... Why did Leonardo da Vinci lavish three years on a painting of the second wife of an unimportant merchant when all the nobles of Europe were begging for a portrait by his hand?

No one knows for sure. But this story of Leonardo, his wayward apprentice Salai, and the Duke of Milan's plain young wife, Beatrice d'Este, may hold the clue to the most famous -- and puzzling -- painting of all time.

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General

Imprint

Perfection Learning

Country of origin

United States

Release date

April 1998

Availability

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First published

April 1998

Authors

Dimensions

191 x 130 x 10mm (L x W x T)

Format

Hardcover - Library binding

Pages

138

ISBN-13

978-0-7807-9227-2

Barcode

9780780792272

Categories

LSN

0-7807-9227-0



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