Where is the Mona Lisa painting located today?

The Mona Lisa painting

(La Gioconda or La Joconde) waspainted between 1503 and 1506.It is presently housed in the Louvre Museum, Paris.

The model for the painting

,Lisa Gherardini

, was the wife of Francesco del Giocondo. She died around 1550.

Some speculate that the model was Leonardo's mother Caterinaor, or that Leonardo used his own likeness. In these cases the model would have died earlier in the 15th century.