Mona Lisa [SEP] creator
Mona Lisa
The Mona Lisa (; or La Gioconda , ) is a half-length portrait painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci that has been described as "the best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung about, the most parodied work of art in the world." The "Mona Lisa" is also one of the most valuable paintings in the world. It holds the Guinness World Record for the highest known insurance valuation in history at US$100 million in 1962
in which he trained as an artist. Salaì became a capable, although not very impressive, painter, who created several works, including the "Monna Vanna", a nude version of the "Mona Lisa" which may be based on a charcoal sketch by Leonardo. He is also considered one potential creator of the Prado's copy of the "Mona Lisa".
Leonardo is thought to have used Salaì as the model for several of his works, specifically "St. John the Baptist" and "Bacchus".