For centuries, art historians have debated what location inspired the Mona Lisa's picturesque backdrop - or if its background is even meant to depict a particular real-world location. However ...

Some experts have argued that the Mona Lisa was created in a town ... One Italian art historian asserted that the painting’s background was of the Tuscan village, Laterina, and the bridge ...

which has an incomplete background, unlike the famous portrait that hangs in the Louvre. Professor Isbouts also points out that historical records mention Leonardo painting the Mona Lisa for two ...

but the renovators have so far been able to work around Mona Lisa. Now, they need to carry out work on the wall behind the painting. Another painting in the same room, Veronese's Wedding Feast at ...