Mona Lisa

Earth's most famous painting, the Mona Lisa, was painted (multiple times) by Leonardo da Vinci.

History


In 1505, posing as a Human known as Captain Tancredi, Scaroth of the Jagaroth comissioned da Vinci to paint six copies of the Mona Lisa. (DW: City of Death) Da Vinci had to borrow oil paint off Giuseppe di Cattivo, his neighbour, in order to finish the paintings. (SJA: Mona Lisa's Revenge) While the Doctor did not destroy the six "forgeries" (if, in fact, they could be considered forgeries, since they were all painted by Da Vinci), he did ensure that future X-ray machines would be able to discover their provenance by writing "THIS IS A FAKE" on the blank canvas of each. (DW: City of Death)

At some point, one of the six paintings came to hang in the Louvre gallery in Paris, France.

In 1979, Scaroth, posing as Count Scarlioni, stole the one known copy and sold the rest so as to raise money to fund his time travel research. (DW: City of Death)

By 2007, one of the fakes ended up at Leamington Spa Lifeboat Museum, and was placed along with several alien artefacts and other oddities in a secure section of the museum. (WEB: Leamington Spa Lifeboat Museum website)

At least three of the other copies were held by UNIT in the Underbase in Sydney, Australia. (DWM: The Age of Ice)

As late as December 2009, the "original" was still displayed in the Louvre in Paris. (DWAM: A Date to Remember / Snow Fakes) However, by May 2010 the painting was being exhibited, for a limited time only, at the International Gallery in London. (SJA: Mona Lisa's Revenge)



Despite the city of Paris being destroyed in 2086 by the Ice Warriors, (NA: Transit) the painting clearly survived as, at some point during the 51st century, the Doctor helped carry the Mona Lisa up Mount Everest on a camel in order to preserve it from a war. (NSA: The Art of Destruction)

At some point in the future, a recreation of Paris called Perfect Paris was made as an example of the perfect city. In the city's version of the Louvre hung a replica of the Mona Lisa. (DWAM: A Date to Remember / Snow Fakes)