mona lisa

A 16th century masterpiece portrait painting which purportedly took 16 years (started in 1503) to complete by reknowned artist Leonardo Da Vinci became an iconic painting to people worldwide. The portrait of Mona Lisa (known as La Gocionda or La Joconde) is now being displayed in Louvre, Paris.

Mona Lisa is so famous that it is an instantly recognisable portrait globally and had been re-produce by many artists where some are now hung on walls in residentials.

It is a known fact that artists worldwide and Asia, in paticular, loves to have that half figure composition portrait painted over and over till I saw this particular version (on the right) which I am not too sure if Da Vinci would give his approval rating as a magnifique masterpiece.

Let's take these re-works with a little humor as the original Mona Lisa portrait had gone through theft, conservation, cleaning and touch-up before where it is today in a purpose built climate controlled enclosure, behind bullet proof glass panels which was valued at RM700million in 2009.

How about the following Mona Lisa re-work potraits?