@Akbar2thegreat said in #25:
> I have no idea how it became famous painting!
Leonardo da Vinci left the kingdoms of Italy for France, because the political situation of war with France had greatly weakened certain noble families who could no longer afford to pay da Vinci. da Vinci placed himself in the service of the King of France François I, a great lover of Italian art and who admired Leonardo. the king offered da vinci the castle of Clos Lucé, neighboring that of the king, Amboise. in his luggage, da vinci had taken the Mona Lisa (probably because the sponsor had not paid for it). After Leonardo's death, the Mona Lisa underwent many adventures, traveling with kings, surviving revolutions and wars and ending up in the Louvre.
the aura of the Mona Lisa is due to the fact that it is not a portrait like any other, some have seen symbolic signs in it, or the culmination of da Vinci's art. the smile, the Tuscan landscape, the position of the hands, have been subjects of controversy and research for centuries. this portrait is innovative, extremely visionary and deliberately mystical, in the sense that Leonardo was very erudite and intelligent in putting allegories and hidden messages