What is Lisa del Giocondo?
{{Distinguish|Mona Lisa}} {{Infobox person | name = Lisa del Giocondo | image = Leonardo da Vinci 043-mod.jpg | caption = ''[[Mona Lisa]]'', a portrait of Giocondo by [[Leonardo da Vinci]] | birth_name = Lisa Gherardini | birth_date = {{Birth date|1479|6|15|df=yes}} | birth_place = Via Maggio, Republic of Florence | death_date = {{Death date and age|1567|7|15|1567|6|15|df=yes}} | death_place = Convent of Saint Orsola, Duchy of Florence | death_cause = | nationality = Italian | other_names = | occupation = | years_active = | known_for = Subject of [[Mona Lisa]] | spouse = {{marriage|Francesco di Bartolomeo di Zanobi del Giocondo|1495}} | children = 5 }} '''Lisa del Giocondo''' (15 June 1479 – 15 July 1567) was an [[Italy|Italian]] [[nobility|noblewoman]] and a member of the Gherardini family from [[Florence]]. She was the model for the [[Mona Lisa]] portrait. The portrait was commissioned by her husband and painted by [[Leonardo da Vinci]] during the [[Italian Renaissance]]. Born in Florence and she married when she was young to a cloth and silk merchant who later became a local official. They had five children together, and she lived a comfortable and ordinary life. Lisa outlived her much older husband. After Lisa died, the [[Mona Lisa]] became the most famous painting in the world.<ref>{{cite news|author=Riding, Alan|date=6 April 2005|title=In Louvre, New Room With View of 'Mona Lisa'|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/06/arts/design/06lisa.html|access-date=1 October 2023}}</ref> In 2005, it was confirmed that Lisa was indeed the model for the Mona Lisa.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mona Lisa – Heidelberg discovery confirms identity)|url=http://www.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/Englisch/news/monalisa.html|access-date=1 October 2023|publisher=University Library Heidelberg}}</ref> ==Early life== Giocondo's family in [[Florence]] used to be rich and important,