Mona Lisa. This is the name of the most famous painting in the world. The artwork (Konstverket) is painted by the equally world-famous artist Leonardo Da Vinci and is painted on a 77 x 53 cm painting. This is usually what surprises people the most when they see the painting in real life (målningen i verkligheten). That it is actually a rather small painting (liten målning). Leonardo Da Vinci started the artwork (konstverket) back in 1503 in Florence, Italy and worked on it for at least 3 years. The painting ( målningen ) was commissioned by Italian businessman Francesco Del Giocondo and would portray his wife Lisa Gherardini. The reason why the artwork today feels like "Mona Lisa" is because Mona is a contraction of Madonna which means "my lady". Although "Mona Lisa" was a commissioned job, it was never handed over to Del Giocondo. Partly because Leonardo, despite having worked on and off it for at least 3 years, never thought the artwork (konstverke