BERLIN — A researcher has uncovered evidence that apparently confirms the identity of the woman behind the Mona Lisa’s iconic smile, Germany’s University of Heidelberg says. She is Lisa del Giocondo, ...

A researcher has uncovered evidence that apparently confirms the identity of the woman behind the Mona Lisa's iconic smile, Germany's University of Heidelberg says. She is Lisa del Giocondo, wife of ...

The woman believed to have inspired Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa may be exhumed in a bid to recreate her face, Italian researchers announced this week. Most scholars believe that the Mona Lisa, known ...

Built in 1300, the historic estate near Florence once belonged to Francesco del Giocondo, husband of the famed noblewoman depicted in Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece. From the Agent: "Presenting this ...

BERLIN — A researcher has uncovered evidence that apparently confirms the identity of the woman behind the “Mona Lisa,” Germany’s University of Heidelberg says. She is Lisa del Giocondo, wife of ...

In the rolling Italian countryside outside of Florence, a more than 700-year-old estate that was once owned by the family of the “Mona Lisa” has hit the market for €18 million (US$19.66 million). The ...

An Italian villa built in the 1300s is on the market in Scandicci, Italy — with an asking price of $19.66 million. The astounding estate was once home to the family of Francesco del Giocondo, husband ...

The hunt for Lisa Gherardini del Giocondo, the inspiration for Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa," has brought archaeologists to a basement of a Tuscan convent, where they hope to find a human skull that ...

She is Lisa del Giocondo, wife of Florentine businessman Francesco del Giocondo, according to notes written in the margins of a book by a friend of Leonardo da Vinci as the artist worked on the ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - German academics believe they have solved the centuries-old mystery behind the identity of the "Mona Lisa" in Leonardo da Vinci's famous portrait. Sign up here. Lisa Gherardini, the ...