name of one of the most famous paintings in the world, painted by the famous italian renaissance artist and painter leonardo da vinci (1452-1519).

It is supposed, that Francesco di Bartolommeo di Zanobi del Giocondo, one of the noblest citizen of Florence, ordered from Leonardo da vinci a portrait of his third wife Lisa di Antonio Maria di Noldo Gherardini.da vinci started to work at this painting in 1503. At this time Mona Lisa was twenty-four year old.

He worked at the portrait for the next four years. When da vinci left Florence in 1507 he did not sell the painting to the orderer but he kept it for himself. Several believe, that he did not hand over the painting, because he did not finish the work, other believe that he loved the painting too much.da Vinci arrived with the painting in his baggage in France in the year 1516 and sold the painting in France to King Francis I., who bought it for the castle in Amboise. In the following time Mona Lisa came to Fontainbleau, Paris, Versailles and then to the collection of Ludwig XIV. After the revolution in France the painting got a new home in the Louvre. napoleon bonaparte took it away from there and hung it up in his bedroom. When Napoleon was banished Mona Lisa returned into the great Louvre in Paris.

On 21 August 1911 Mona Lisa was stolen from an italian thief, who brought the painting to Italy, where it emerged two years later in Florence. After some exhibitions Mona Lisa returned again to Paris.

An acid attempt damaged the lower half of the painting in 1956. The restoration took several years. the line 'Throw some acid into the mona lisa's face' refers to this attempt.

In the 60´s and 70´s Mona Lisa was exposed in New York, Tokyo and Moscow. Today the painting is behind bullet-proof glass in Paris in the Louvre and international terms are prohibiting any journey.for the manics, the mona lisa represents the old, conservative and political correct ages. therefore it must be destroyed in their cultural revolution.