Daily archives: 26 November 2017


The Gioconda is not Lisa but Gian Giacomo

In my humble opinion, what perhaps was born as a portrait of Monnalisa Gherardini del Giocondo called “La Gioconda”, became over time a game of transformation and a scientific research gym where the inspiring model was the beloved Gian Giacomo Caprotti, known as the Salaì (from “Sala [d] ino” or […]