Asked whether he thought the great Italian master had intended to confuse viewers, he said yes.
当被问及他是否认为这位意大利大师故意迷惑观赏者时,他说是的。
“He(Leonardo da Vinci) wrote in one of his notebooks
他(达芬奇)在笔记中写道,
that he was trying to paint dynamic expressions
他尝试着画出动态的表情,
because that's what he saw in the street.”
因为那是他在街上所看到的。
Leonardo Da Vinci painted the work between 1503 and 1506, shortly before his death.
1503到1506年间,达芬奇绘制了这部作品。
It was for Lisa del Giocondo,
这幅画像为丽莎·戴尔·吉奥康多而作,
the wife of a wealthy Florentian businessman,
这位佛罗伦萨富商的妻子,
in celebration of the birth of her second son.
为庆祝她第二个儿子的诞生。