Leonardo Da Vinci's "Mona Lisa"

There’s something about her smile. The way the lips curl on the most famous femme fatale of all time is mysterious as it is eternally sexy. There is no fuller more vivid career in the history of art then Mona Lisa’s. She got her start with genius Leonardo Da Vinci in 1503, yet it is her long journey following her inception that made her the superstar we know and love today. She was exclusive with some of the most powerful men in history including Louis XIV and Napoleon, and played muse to Salvador Dali, Marcel Duchamp and Andy Warhol among numerous others. She has had her fair share of scandal; one notorious example being her two year tryst in Italy with art thief Vincenzo Peruggia during which she stayed completely out of the public eye. Following her absence, Mona made a triumphant return to the spotlight in a successful world tour before returning to her current residence, The Louvre. There has been controversy with the work the aging diva has had done including several facelifts. Nevertheless, her striking depth of beauty at 500 years old ascends any dissatisfaction one may have about the state of her aesthetic purity. Lisa is a survivor and has endured as an important and interminable icon whose haunting smirk is forever in our subconscious, a rare and commendable feat. Today Mona Lisa lives and works in Paris and is focused primarily on her career and fans, still smiling after all this time.