Leonardo's half-length portrait is traditionally identified as Lisa del Giocondo, wife of a Florentine silk merchant, though the sitter is still debated. She sits upright with folded hands before an imagined landscape of winding paths, a bridge and icy mountains. Leonardo built her face without outlines, blending tones in soft sfumato so that the corners of the mouth and eyes stay ambiguous.
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Leonardo set the horizon level with her eyes, tying figure to landscape. She has no visible eyebrows or eyelashes; high-resolution scans suggest they faded or were cleaned away.
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