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To: presidio9
...wife of obscure Florentine merchant Francesco del Giocond, and that Leonardo started painting it in 1503.

Obscure merchant, Francesco del Giocond. Well, it's five hundred years later and folks still know his name and what his profession was. That's not too obscure.

6 posted on 09/27/2006 11:42:28 AM PDT by Sax
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To: Sax

You know, I was thinking the exact same thing.


22 posted on 09/27/2006 12:08:02 PM PDT by taxcontrol
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