The Second Mrs. Gioconda (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780689821219)

The Mona Lisa... Why did Leonardo da Vinci lavish three years on a painting of the second wife of an unimportant merchant when all the nobles of Europe were begging for a portrait by his hand?
No one knows for sure. But this story of Leonardo, his wayward apprentice Salai, and the Duke of Milan's plain young wife, Beatrice d'Este, may hold the clue to the most famous -- and puzzling -- painting of all time.

Author: E. L. Konigsburg
ISBN-10: 0689821212
ISBN-13: 9780689821219
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Language: English
Published: 04/01/1998
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 7.64h x 5.09w x 0.45d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.7
Point Value: 4
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 24949 / Second Mrs. Giaconda/Gioconda