What is Mona Lisa?
{{Italic title}} {{Infobox painting | image=Mona_Lisa,_by_Leonardo_da_Vinci,_from_C2RMF_retouched.jpg | alt=See adjacent text. | image_size=250px | title=Mona Lisa | italic title=yes | other_language_1=Italian | other_title_1=La Gioconda | other_language_2=French | other_title_2=La Joconde | artist=[[Leonardo da Vinci]] | year=c. 1503–1519 | type=[[Oil painting|Oil]] on [[Populus|poplar]] | imperial_unit = in <!-- Note: this parameter must either use the value given or not be included --> | height_imperial=30 | width_imperial=21 | city=[[Paris]] | museum=[[Musée du Louvre]]}} The '''''Mona Lisa''''' (also known as '''''La Gioconda''''' or '''''La Joconde''''') is a 16th-century [[portrait]], [[painting|painted]] in [[oil painting|oil]] by [[Leonardo da Vinci]] during the [[Renaissance]] in [[Florence]], [[Italy]]. Many people think Mona Lisa's smile is mysterious.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn6056 |title=Noisy secret of Mona Lisa's smile - 23 June 2004 - New Scientist |work=newscientist.com |accessdate=4 January 2011}}</ref> Mona Lisa also has no [[Eyebrow|eyebrows]], It is believe this was because they were accidentally removed during a restoration.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2007-10-22|title=Mona Lisa Once Had Eyebrows, Says Expert - CBS News|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mona-lisa-once-had-eyebrows-says-expert/|access-date=2024-08-25|website=www.cbsnews.com|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.google.com.pk/books/edition/The_Thefts_of_the_Mona_Lisa/g97vEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=mona+lisa+has+no+eyebrows&pg=PA27&printsec=frontcover|title=The Thefts of the Mona Lisa: The Complete Story of the World's Most Famous Artwork|last=Charney|first=Noah|date=2024-02-06|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-5381-8137-9|language=en}}</ref> Because it is so often studied, recognized, and copied, it is considered to be the most famous painting in the world.<ref>Henry Thomas and Dana Lee Thomas, Living biographies of great painters, Garden City Books, 1959, p.50.</ref><ref