Isleworth Mona Lisa is an earlier version of Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa

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The Isleworth Mona Lisa is a controversial painting that some scholars and collectors believe to be an earlier portrait of Lisa Gherardini by Leonardo da Vinci, predating the famous Louvre version.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Renaissance artwork
oil painting
painting
alsoKnownAs Earlier Mona Lisa NERFINISHED
Isleworth version of the Mona Lisa NERFINISHED
artMovement High Renaissance NERFINISHED
attributedTo Leonardo da Vinci NERFINISHED
authorshipStatus controversial
disputed
controversy authorship by Leonardo da Vinci
date of execution
relationship to the Louvre Mona Lisa
currentLocation in a private collection
depicts Lisa Gherardini NERFINISHED
genre portrait
hasBeenExhibited public exhibitions in the 20th century
public exhibitions in the 21st century
hasBeenSubjectOf art historical debate
scientific analysis
hasBibliography publications by the Mona Lisa Foundation
hasCollection Mona Lisa Foundation NERFINISHED
hasFeature hands crossed in the foreground
less developed background landscape than the Louvre Mona Lisa
sfumato-like soft transitions in some areas
three-quarter view of a seated woman
younger-looking sitter than the Louvre Mona Lisa
hasOpponents many Leonardo scholars
hasProponents Mona Lisa Foundation GENERATED
some art historians GENERATED
isAssociatedWith Leonardo da Vinci NERFINISHED
isBelievedBySomeTo be an earlier portrait of Lisa Gherardini
predate the Louvre Mona Lisa
isEarlierVersionOf Mona Lisa NERFINISHED
isOn canvas
isRelatedTo Mona Lisa NERFINISHED
medium oil paint
namedAfter Isleworth NERFINISHED
notableFor being proposed as an earlier version of the Mona Lisa
its disputed attribution to Leonardo da Vinci
its role in debates about Leonardo’s portrait practice
owner Mona Lisa Foundation NERFINISHED
proposedDate c. 1503–1506
early 16th century
subject Lisa Gherardini NERFINISHED
support canvas
title Isleworth Mona Lisa NERFINISHED
wasInPrivateCollection Isleworth, London area NERFINISHED

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Henry F. Pulitzer claimed Isleworth Mona Lisa is an earlier version of Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa