
Mrs. Giocondo, whose maiden name was Gherardini, was married to Francesco del Giocondo, a wealthy silk merchant in Florence and was first linked to the painting in 1550, about 50 years after it was finished.
But doubts persisted and theories multiplied, including one about Mona Lisa being a man and another that she was Leonardo's version of the ideal female, not a real person.
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