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Eventually rescued from the royal flush and rehung in the post-revolutionary Louvre, Mona was acknowledged as a treasure by Intellectuals, but oft ignored by visitors searching for more dynamic paintings. She grew lonely, until she locked eyes with Vincenzo. #hesithistories #HI6171 📷: Le Parisien

pencil drawing of what is assumed is a self portrait of Leonardo Davinci 📷: Britannica

At the invitation of King Francis I, DaVinci (then 64) packed up his worldly belonging, including 3 paintings & his notebooks and retired in France. After Davinci’s death Francis acquired the paintings and Mona was hung in the royal privy of Fontainebleau. TBC👇
#hesithistories #HI6171 📷: Britannica