Some have theorized that the “real” Mona Lisa was da Vinci’s mother Caterina, Princess Isabella of Naples, Spanish noblewoman Costanza d’Avalos, a courtesan, or da Vinci’s apprentice and ...
The Spanish painter and sculptor Pablo Picasso ... him but they don’t take fingerprints or search his tiny room. The Mona Lisa with guards in 1914 “If they had,” says Iain, “they would ...