Mona is the abbreviation for madonna in Italian for My Lady. The person in the painting is believed to be Lisa del Giocondo who was 24 at that time. It has also been suggested that the person is in fact Leonardo's female version of himself.
Mona Lisa has its own room in the Louvre. It is kept in a purpose-built, climate-controlled enclosure behind a bulletproof glass. About 6 million people view the painting at the Louvre each year
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