Joconde [SEP] named after
Joconde
Joconde is the central database created in 1975 and now available online, maintained by the French Ministry of Culture, for objects in the collections of the main French public and private museums listed as "Musées de France", according to article L. 441-1 of the "Code du patrimoine" amouting to more than 1,200 institutions.
"La Joconde" is the French name of the Mona Lisa, which like about half of the collections of the Louvre, is included in the database, as one of 295
A street in the Elsau district of Strasbourg was named after him in 1969.
Further reading.
- André Humm, "Léon Hornecker", in "Nouveau dictionnaire de biographie alsacienne", vol. 17, p. 1669
External links.
- Portraits by Léon Hornecker in public collections (Joconde)