SECOND MRS. GIOCONDA

Description

THE GREATEST ARTIST OF HIS TIME
AN APPRENTICE WITH A LARCENOUS HEART AND AN AVERSION TO THE TRUTH
A YOUNG DUTCHESS WHOSE PLAIN FACE BELIES HER BEAUTIFUL SOUL

Could the complex ways these three lives intertwine hold the key to a historical riddle as enigmatic as the Mona Lisa’s smile — why Leonardo da Vinci devoted three years to a painting of the second wife of an unimportant merchant when all the nobles of Europe were begging for a portrait by his hand?
Only a master storyteller like two-time Newberry Medal-winner E.L. Konigsburg could create such an intriguing answer to the puzzle behind the most famous painting of all time.

This classic novel by the Newbery Medalist (“The View from Saturday”) explores the mystery behind Leonardo Da Vinci’s masterpiece. Could the links between the artist, a lying apprentice, and a young duchess hold the key to the historical riddle of the “Mona Lisa’s” smile?
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Juvenile Fiction
Art, Juvenile Fiction
Edition: Historical
Keywords: Art, Juvenile Fiction