Leonardo di Vinci's Mona Lisa is one of the most well known paintings in history but few know the story of its subject. The identity of the woman in the painting remained unknown until recently when in 2005 an expert at the University of Heidelberg discovered a document that stated that the subject was Lisa del Giocondo, the wife of a wealthy silk merchant from Florence named Francesco del Giocondo. The couple married when Lisa was 15 and eventually had five children together. Lisa lived a comfortable life and was known for her loyalty and devotion to her husband who became an elected official in Florence in 1499 and was believed to have had ties to the powerful Medici family. Scholars believe that Lisa lived to be at least 70 years old when she died 1551.
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