A charcoal drawing housed in another art collection for more than 150 years may have been a sketch for the Mona Lisa, a French art expert says. The charcoal portrait of a nude woman, known as the ...
Although it is kept in a museum, the ‘Mona Lisa’ is the private property of the French National Collection and is owned by the French government. It is called the ‘Jewel of France and Louvre ...