... women, but only four were oil paintings on either paper or wood paneling. These four paintings are "The Mona Lisa," "Lady with an Ermine," "Ginevra de' Benci," and "La belle ferronniere." "Lady with an Ermine" was predicted to out show the "Mona Lisa" because of its captivating presence. One of the first differences is that ... it that the Mona Lisa is still the most recognized? Compared to another female portrait by da Vinci, "La belle ferronniere" is very different and similar as well. First of all, it is still unclear who La belle is, there are many ideas and theories of who it could ...

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... forms of science, art, you name it, he was gifted in that area. Most all people know at least one of his great works. This well known work is the La Gioconda, or most commonly known as the Mona Lisa. Another one some normal people may know of is the huge mural type painting of The Last Supper, that was painted ... why ocean currents seemed to flow with some sort of pattern. during 1513-1516, a few of his last years, Leonardo was in Rome because he was invited by Cardinal Giuliand De Medici, the brother of Pope Leo X. Most all of the artists which were invited to the Church in Rome were ...

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