It's Their Mona Lisa
4 days ago
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- The National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, considers Ginevra de’ Benci's portrait by Leonardo da Vinci as 'America’s Mona Lisa.'
- The Museum of Modern Art in New York refers to Andy Warhol’s 'Gold Marilyn Monroe' as their Mona Lisa.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art calls Duccio di Buoninsegna’s 'Madonna and Child' their Mona Lisa.
- Restoration Hardware’s Paris flagship showroom is dubbed its 'Mona Lisa' by CEO Gary Friedman.
- The Smithsonian African Art Museum describes Ousmane Sow’s bronze sculpture of Toussaint Louverture as their Mona Lisa.
- The St. Louis Art Museum regards Henri Matisse’s 'Bathers with a Turtle' as their Mona Lisa.
- The National Museum of African American History & Culture sees an early portrait of Harriet Tubman as their Mona Lisa.
- The Lenbachhaus in Munich calls Alexej von Jawlensky’s 'Portrait of Alexander Sacharoff' their Mona Lisa.
- The Mob Museum in Las Vegas refers to the bullet-riddled wall from the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre as their Mona Lisa.
- The Kunstgewerbemuseum in Berlin considers the Dome Reliquary their Mona Lisa.
- The Palace of Versailles labels Marie-Antoinette’s private theater set as their Mona Lisa.
- The Worcester Art Museum describes Paul Gauguin’s 'The Brooding Woman' as their Mona Lisa.
- The Israel Museum refers to the Dead Sea Scrolls as their Mona Lisa.
- The Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery calls a cracked photograph of Abraham Lincoln their Mona Lisa.
- The National Portrait Gallery in London regards the Chandos Portrait of William Shakespeare as their Mona Lisa.
- The University of Maryland School of Medicine considers a portrait of its founder, Dr. John Beale Davidge, their Mona Lisa.
- Tiffany & Co. refers to the Tiffany Diamond as their Mona Lisa.
- The Oslo Natural History Museum calls the fossil 'Ida' their Mona Lisa.