Socks - Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci

Da Vinci was the original Renaissance Man, a master artist, a skilled engineer, an inventor and a scientist, but not a skilled bill collector.

That didn’t matter, as his geniality had been noticed by King François I, who in 1518 bought the painting directly. The Palace of Fontainebleau was now Mona Lisa’s address. However, Louis XVI, a passionate patron of the arts, moved it to the Versailles. There, Mona Lisa lived a quiet life, up until the French Revolution, during which she was taken to her present home, the Louvre.

On display there since 1979, except for a famous adventure in 1911, when she mysteriously disappeared. For two years the authorities had no clue where she’d gone. Until one day, an art dealer was offered a special painting by a gentleman who, incidentally, worked at the Louvre as a glazier…

Gioconda’s return was highly celebrated, and her notoriety grew significantly. It is by far the most valuable work of art in the world. She’s been studied, imitated, satirized, attacked, and even ripped by someone who claimed to be in love, and wanted to take her home! We can’t really blame him for being star-struck.

Model inspired by: Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, 1503

Collection: Art Collection by Sock Affairs

Material: 80% combed cotton, 17% polyamide, 3% elastane

Care instruction: Wash inside out, max. 40°, do not tumble dry, do not iron, do not dry clean

Manufacturing method: Made with 200 needle technology and coloured with the finest combed cotton, with seamless knitting and no stitches

Designed and manufactured in Portugal

Curator Socks

Curator Socks is inspired by the beauty and emotion of some of the greatest masterpieces ever created. They reinterpret the lines, colours and styles to transform iconic works of art into a beautiful knitted canvas that you take with you everywhere.