The Second Mrs. Giaconda
The Mona Lisa... Why did Leonardo da Vinci lavish three years on a painting of the second wife of an unimportant merchant when all the nobles of Europe were begging for a portrait by his hand? No one knows for sure. But this story of Leonardo, his wayward apprentice Salai, and the Duke of Milan's...
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The Mona Lisa... Why did Leonardo da Vinci lavish three years on a painting of the second wife of an unimportant merchant when all the nobles of Europe were begging for a portrait by his hand? No one knows for sure. But this story of Leonardo, his wayward apprentice Salai, and the Duke of Milan's plain young wife, Beatrice d'Este, may hold the clue to the most famous -- and puzzling -- painting of all time.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780689821219 (0689821212)
Publish date: April 1st 1998
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pages no: 160
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Novels,
Academic,
School,
Cultural,
Italy,
Read For School,
Juvenile,
Historical Fiction,
Art,
Kids
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