So why does the "Mona Lisa" seem so special? Handwritten comment about the "Mona Lisa" in Cicero's "Epistolae ad familiares" (1477) by Agostino Vespucci. 12, March 1920. Credit: Marcel DuchampAlthough not the first, it is perhaps among the best known examples of "Mona Lisa" parodies, along with Salvador Dali's "Self Portrait as Mona Lisa" (1954). Still, the mysteries of the "Mona Lisa" look set to intrigue us for years to come. "Mona Lisa" is whoever we want her to be -- and doesn't that make her the ultimate female fantasy figure?

Source: CNN July 15, 2019 10:52 UTC