Leonardo da Vinci began painting the Mona Lisa in 1503 or 1504 in Florence , Italy. [20] Although the Louvre states that it was doubtless painted between 1503 and 1506, [4] the art historian Martin Kemp says there is some difficulty in confirming the actual dates with certainty. [10] According to Leonardos contemporary, Giorgio Vasari, after he had lingered over it four years, [he] left it unfinished. [6] Leonardo, later in his life, is said to have regretted never having completed a single work. [21] In 1516 Leonardo was invited by King François I to work at the Clos Lucé near the kings castle in Amboise . It is believed that he took the Mona Lisa with him and continued to work after he moved to France. [18] Art historian Carmen C. Bambach has concluded that da Vinci probably continued refining the work until 1516 or 1517. [22] On his death the painting was inherited
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