Leonardo da Vnci's La Gioconda, better known as Mona Lisa (Lady Lisa) is one the most famous paintings in the world and is in the Louvre, Paris. See Pater's famous description of it in The Renaissance.
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La Gioconda in Beerbohm's "The Pervasion of Rouge" (or "A Defence of Cosmetics")
George P. Landow, Professor of English and Art History, Brown University
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