Fan CastingMona Lisa
The story of the woman behind the painting.
by Biopic
Story added by spnblk on March 15, 2021
I imagine this to be a historical drama somewhat like Girl with a Pearl Earring. Little is known about Lisa's life (which leaves quite a bit open to artistic license in my opinion).
Born in Florence and married in her teens to a cloth and silk merchant who later became a local official, she was a mother to five children and led what is thought to have been a comfortable and ordinary middle-class life. Lisa outlived her husband, who was considerably her senior.
Centuries after Lisa's death, the Mona Lisa became the world's most famous painting and took on a life separate from Lisa, the woman. Speculation by scholars and hobbyists mad...read more
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