Nude Versions
There are several copies of the image in which the figure appears nude. These have also led to speculation that they were copied from a lost Leonardo original depicting Lisa naked. These include:
- Salaì, Nude Woman (Donna Nuda). Oil on canvas, 86,5 x 66,5 cm. Hermitage, St Petersburg, Russia.
- Salaì, Mona Vanna. Louvre, Paris.
- Mona Vanna, 16th century, from collection of Napoleon's uncle cardinal Joseph Fesch (1763-1839)
- La Belle Gabrielle, 16th century, from collection of Earl of Spencer, Northampton, England
- Carlo Antonio Procaccini, Flora, c. 1600. Accademia Carrara, Bergamo, Italy
- Joos van Cleve, Mona Vanna Nuda, National gallery, Prague
- Joos van Cleve, Portrait of a Woman, Rheydt Palace State museum
- Barthel Bruyn, Gioconda desnuda, 16th century
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