Jean-Jacques Comtet has claimed this work's subject was hemiplegic, while Kenneth Adour suggested Bell's palsy.
Gombrich contends that this work intentionally obscures the corners of the mouth and eyes. Jean-Jacques Comtet has claimed this work's subject was hemiplegic, while Kenneth Adour suggested Bell's palsy. It was the subject of Andy Warhol's "Thirty are Better than One" and a Magritte painting that shares its name. Contemporary sources hold that it is a portrait of the wife of Francesco del Giocondo. For ten points, identify this Da Vinci painting of a woman with an "enigmatic" smile.
Gombrich contends that this work intentionally obscures the corners of the mouth and eyes.
the {Mona Lisa} (or La {Gioconda} or La {Joconde})