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Waldemar Explains How The Mona Lisa Became The World's Most Famous Painting
While often hailed as an iconic work of art, the Mona Lisa's fame is a surprisingly recent phenomenon. For 300 years after Leonardo da Vinci painted it in the early 1500s, the portrait was largely unknown. The painting's rise to global celebrity began in the 19th century, first capturing the...