# Mona Lisa

- Leonardo da Vinci, about 1503–1519, oil on poplar panel
- Where to find it: Salle des États (room 711), Denon wing, first floor, [Louvre](https://guideworld.co/en/paris/louvre/index.md)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12418
- URL: https://guideworld.co/en/paris/louvre/mona-lisa/
- Japanese: https://guideworld.co/ja/paris/louvre/mona-lisa/index.md

It hangs on its own wall in the Salle des États (room 711), on the first floor of the Denon wing, behind protective glass.

Stop 3 of 10 in [The Louvre](https://guideworld.co/en/paris/louvre/tours/louvre-highlights/index.md): "The note in the margin, 1503". Preview (0:45): https://guideworld.co/audio/louvre-highlights/en/mona_lisa.f882cf7e4b.mp3

Leonardo began it around 1503 and was still working on it years later. It's small, about 79 by 53 centimeters, painted on a poplar panel.

On 21 August 1911 an Italian glazier who had worked at the Louvre, Vincenzo Peruggia, walked out with it. Nothing was heard of it for over two years, until he tried to sell it to an Italian art dealer in 1913, and the dealer alerted the authorities.

Turn around before you leave: Veronese's Wedding Feast at Cana, the largest painting in the Louvre, fills the opposite wall.

## More at the Louvre

- [Liberty Leading the People](https://guideworld.co/en/paris/louvre/liberty-leading-the-people/index.md)
- [The Raft of the Medusa](https://guideworld.co/en/paris/louvre/the-raft-of-the-medusa/index.md)