Lisa Gherardini - the wife of a silk merchant, who was a friend of Leonardo da Vinci’s father - has recently been identified as the mystery woman with an enigmatic smile in Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece Mona Lisa.
Now an Italian genealogist has identified two living descendants of Lisa Gherardini who say a family legend also points to their ancestor being the woman with the enchanting smile.
Natalia Guicciardini Strozzi, 30, and her sister, Irina, 24, of Cusano, have been told since they were little girls that they are descendants of the Mona Lisa.
Natalia, who is an actress and former ballerina, and Irina, an economist and a concert pianist, both have a dark, enigmatic beauty like their illustrious predecessor.
Click here to view the photo of Natalia and Irina.
Source: CNR.CN
Image: Wikipedia
Tags: Mona Lisa | Descendants
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