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“The pieces I chose were based on one thing only — a gasp of delight. Isn’t that the only way to curate a life?”*…

The Louvre has the Mona Lisa. In his nifty newsetter Ironic Sans, David Friedman reviews the “most treasured” holding of other museums…

Did you know that there is only one painting by Leonardo da Vinci on view in America? It’s a portrait of a teenage girl named Ginevra de’ Benci, a Florentine aristocrat, possibly commissioned for her wedding. And it’s one of only four portraits Leonardo painted of women. The most famous one, of course, is the Mona Lisa.The portrait of Ginevra is on display at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, which acquired the painting in 1967. There’s an interesting story of how the painting was brought from Liechtenstein Castle to Washington in carry-on luggage.

[I haven’t told you this yet, but for the past year I’ve been working full-time as Senior Video Producer at the National Gallery of Art. I love it. Working in a museum surrounded by some of the world’s best art and telling stories about how art makes a difference in people’s lives, every day is a good day. Another time, I’ll share some of the work we’re doing. But for now, I just need to make clear that this newsletter is in no way formally connected to the museum or my work there.]

Here is Ginevra, painted by Leonardo around 30 years before Mona Lisa:

I once heard someone refer to Ginevra as “America’s Mona Lisa.” Obviously that’s in part because they’re both by the same artist. But sometimes people refer to something as their Mona Lisa to mean it’s their prize possession, or an incredible work, or the draw that people come to see.

And that got me wondering: What do other museums and institutions refer to as their Mona Lisa?

So I did some digging and I’ve gathered 17 works of art and other surprising things where someone from the institution has gone on record calling it their Mona Lisa…

From Duccio and Matisse to Sow and Warhol: “It’s Their Mona Lisa,” from @ironicsans.com.

* Maira Kalman, My Favorite Things

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As we hit the highlights, we might spare a thought for a man whose works were often the “Mona Lisas” of the halls they graced: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (AKA, Giambattista or Gianbattista Tiepolo): he died on this date in 1770. A painter and printmaker from the Republic of Venice, his luminous, poetic frescoes, while extending the tradition of Baroque ceiling decoration, epitomized the lightness and elegance of the Rococo period. Indeed, he was described by National Gallery head Michael Levey as “the greatest decorative painter of eighteenth-century Europe, as well as its most able craftsman.” He is considered– with Giambattista Pittoni, Canaletto, Giovan Battista Piazzetta, Giuseppe Maria Crespi, and Francesco Guardi— one of the traditional Old Masters of that period. 

I was promised flying cars!

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The Masterpiece version of Road Rage wasn't just a straight recolor of Tracks; the arms and legs were actually retooled for a distinctive and subtly more feminine body.

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One of the most beautiful songs ever written.

Here's a translation (by Francesco Ciabattoni):

La Cura
I will protect you from the fears of hypochondria,
from the disturbances that from today you will encounter on your way,
from the injustices and deceptions of your time,
from the failures that by your nature you will normally attract.

I will relieve you of pain and mood swings,
from the obsessions of your manias.

I will overcome the gravitational currents,
space and light to keep you from getting old
and you will heal from all diseases.

Because you are a special being,
and I will take care of you.

I wandered the fields of Tennessee,
how I got there, who knows.
Don’t you have white flowers for me?
Faster than eagles, my dreams
cross the ocean.

I will bring you above all silence and patience.
we will walk together the paths that lead to the essence,
the scents of love will inebriate our bodies,
the breeze of August will not calm our senses.

I will weave your hair like the chords of a song.
I know the laws of the world, and I will gift them to you.

I will overcome the gravitational currents,
space and light to keep you from getting old.

I will save you from all melancholy.

Because you are a special being
and I will take care of you
I will, I will take care of you.

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