In January 2007, Pallanti also found a death notice in the archives of a Florence, Italy, church that referred to the wife of Francesco del Giocondo, and a possible burial location for Lisa at a convent in Florence called Sant'Orsola. Mona Lisa posed with a dark smile because she was married off to a slave trader at just 15, a new book which investigated her family background suggests. Without him Mona Lisa may have never been painted. Leonardo drew both the portrait of Lisa Gherardini and the Gherardinis' Chapel in Montagliari.

PROBABLY CORRECT: The genealogy to a Gheradini family origin is very likely true. At the bottom of its frame, visitors can read the following: The Gherardini family were one of the seigniorial families that fell when the Republic of Florence was founded. Yet, just as with the previously unidentified Mona Lisa, Gherardini remained a mystery. A painting commissioned by the family in 2010 can be seen in the Church of Sant'Appiano, still used by the family and where Gherarduccio Gherardini is buried. Mona Lisa Italian: Monna Lisa, Italian: La Gioconda The Mona Lisa, digitally retouched to reduce the effects of aging. Different sources confirm that Leonardo have worked on the portrait of Lisa Gherardini around 1503, which in my view is not conclusive evidence that either the earlier or Louvre’s Mona Lisa are based on her.

Appendix: Why Mona Lisa cannot be Lisa Gherardini. The unretouched image is darker.