# Leonardo begins the portrait later called Mona Lisa, kept in his own possession

Date: 1503

## The fact

From about 1503 Leonardo painted the portrait later called Mona Lisa and kept it. The Louvre is a later door. The lifetime instrument is the painting-and-keeping. Leonardo da Vinci's documented role is: He painted and kept the portrait. It travelled with him to France; Louvre possession is later.

## Context

Lisa Gherardini / Francesco del Giocondo is the received sitter heading, still discussed. Sharing uncertainty on the sitter is required. The setting of Leonardo begins the portrait later called Mona Lisa, kept in his own possession is the public file around 1503-01-01. Shared offices, unnamed crews, printers, or later editors may appear without becoming this instrument. Contribution type is direct. Driver edu-[digital-learning-access](/drivers/edu-digital-learning-access) is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

## Evidence and sources

Official locator: Louvre — Mona Lisa as later public carrier at https://www.louvre.fr/en/explore/the-palace/the-mona-lisa (Musée du Louvre). Independent locator: Britannica — Mona Lisa at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Leonardo-da-Vinci (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Official carrier: Louvre — Mona Lisa as later public carrier (https://www.louvre.fr/en/explore/the-palace/the-mona-lisa; Musée du Louvre). Independent carrier: Britannica — Mona Lisa (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Leonardo-da-Vinci; Encyclopaedia Britannica).

Official or archival record: Louvre — Mona Lisa as later public carrier (https://www.louvre.fr/en/explore/the-palace/the-mona-lisa; Musée du Louvre).

## Significance

Improving path from Leonardo begins the portrait later called Mona Lisa, kept in his own possession on 1503-01-01. A kept experimental portrait is an education-and-method path, not a 1911 theft Fact. The welfare reading on this path is improving.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

## What is established and what is not

Established: a sourced public record of Leonardo begins the portrait later called Mona Lisa, kept in his own possession under 1503-01-01 for Leonardo da Vinci. Established: a sourced public record of Leonardo begins the portrait later called Mona Lisa, kept in his own possession under 1503-01-01.

The contribution type is direct. The welfare reading used in this dossier is improving. That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Do not store 1911 theft or later tickets as his act. Mixed effects of Leonardo begins the portrait later called Mona Lisa, kept in his own possession are separate paths.

Shared responsibility is part of Leonardo begins the portrait later called Mona Lisa, kept in his own possession. Naming Leonardo da Vinci does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1503-01-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

## People

- Leonardo da Vinci: https://factrail.ai/people/leonardo-da-vinci

## Drivers

- Digital Learning Access: https://factrail.ai/drivers/edu-digital-learning-access

## Sources

- https://www.louvre.fr/en/explore/the-palace/the-mona-lisa
- https://www.britannica.com/biography/Leonardo-da-Vinci

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/ldv-mona-lisa