Mona Lisa Smile
Diamond Necklace
A smile is our soul’s welcome to the world.
A smile says who we are inside
and says there’s room for everyone.
A smile always gives; it’s ready to receive, too.
When I first saw this necklace, I thought of my week in Paris, my two days at the Louvre Museum and the time I spent with the Mona Lisa, and yes, her enigmatic smile. This is a simple necklace with eleven natural earth-mined diamonds, on a bold gold woven wheat chain. The diamond weight is 3/4 carat ±.
When I saw this necklace I instantly loved it. The diamonds were high-white brilliant and beautiful. The chain was a woven wheat which flowed perfectly off the ends of the diamonds. Mark, the designer, said of his 350 designs, this was his most popular. He said, “We’ve named it The Smile.” On its 17-inch chain it lands two inches from her heart. I thought about my week in Paris and two days at the Louvre Museum and the time I spent studying the world’s most famous painting: Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa.
Mona Lisa Smile
I’ve been to Paris and the Louvre. I’ve seen the Mona Lisa. I was surprised by how small it was. The day I went, a dozen people were viewing the painting. I was a bit underwhelmed. I spent less than five minutes with the painting. In the next room to the right, I was touched by a large painting of a husband and his wife who had passed away. Death was pulling her body into a chasm, and the husband was holding on and trying not to let her go.
I thought this painting was far more powerful than the Mona Lisa. I spent a half-hour with the painting of death—I would have spent more time if there had been a place to sit, and then I went back to the Mona Lisa room for a minute. Yes, they speak of an enigmatic smile—not a full smile, a subtle, reserved sort of smile. I studied the most famous painting in the world to see if I could unravel the mystery of the smile.
Summary
Name: Mona Lisa Smile Necklace
Style#: X4658
Gems: 11 Diamonds = 3/4 carat total weight ±
Measurement: Diamonds span 1 1/4 inches
Precious Metal: 14K yellow & white gold
Chain: 14K yellow gold wheat, overall length is 17 inches, lands the necklace 2″ above her heart.
Price: $3,850
AU38
The Smile in the Atlanta Airport
They Were Beautiful and Clearly in Love
Sitting in the Atlanta Airport one day, I watched a young couple. They were fascinating, beautiful, and clearly, clearly, passionately in love. I’d go back to my book and look up five minutes later. The couple drew energy in; the whole airport revolved around them. It was a long layover. I read half the book. They were there a long time. Nothing changed in the two hours that I sat until he got up to get food.
I could see the change immediately. The temperature in the room cooled. She cooled. She looked different. She was different. The smile was gone. This beautiful young woman, who, as part of this couple, was so alluring moments before was now plain. They, as a couple who had made it difficult to stay focused on my book, were gone.
It was love, love, love. It also, though, was the smile. The smile melted the hearts of all who were there. They were beautiful together. When he came back with hamburgers, fries, and cokes, she beamed again, and the room warmed with their smiles.
Leonardo da Vinci’s
The Mona Lisa
The Mona Lisa, an oil painting on a poplar wood panel by Leonardo da Vinci, is the world’s most famous painting. It was painted sometime between 1503 and 1519 when Leonardo was living in Florence. It now hangs in the Louvre Museum in Paris, where it remains an object of pilgrimage in the 21st century. The sitter’s mysterious smile and her unproven identity have made the painting a source of ongoing investigation and fascination.
Mona Lisa at the Louvre Museum in Paris
Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa may be one of the most beloved artworks in the world. Seen by millions of people each year. It is considered to be the crown jewel of the Louvre’s collection, an iconic work of the Renaissance.
Part of the reason the Mona Lisa is known worldwide is because of its theft in 1911 by the Italian handyman, Vincenzo Peruggia. That year, Peruggia and two others stowed themselves away in a closet of the Louvre, hung around until the museum closed, and then took the painting, which at the time was considered a minor work by Leonardo, with them, hopping on a train out of Paris. As the theft gained more and more press, both within France and outside it, Peruggia held on to the work, at one point stashing it beneath the footboards of his Paris apartment. A little over two years after the theft, Peruggia made an attempt to sell the work to a dealer in Florence in an attempt, he believed, to bring back to Italy a treasure that it had lost. The proposed sale backfired when the dealer called the director of the Uffizi Galleries.
The Secret Behind Mona Lisa’s Smile
I’ve long been enthralled by da Vinci and his work, but I have a newfound admiration for this masterpiece after recently reading a fascinating passage from Glennon Doyle’s bestselling book, Untamed, which focuses on this renowned face.
Doyle wrote that while visiting the Mona Lisa room at the Louvre Museum, she was approached by a random woman who offered to share a theory. Doyle recounted what she was told:
“Mona Lisa and her husband lost a baby. Sometime later, her husband commissioned this painting from da Vinci to celebrate the birth of another baby. Mona Lisa sat for Leonardo to paint her, but she wouldn’t smile during the sitting. Not all the way. The story goes that da Vinci wanted her to smile wider, but she refused. She did not want the joy she felt for her new baby to erase the pain she felt from losing one prior.”
The Mona Lisa is perhaps the most widely recognized, captivating, and enigmatic painting in the world. The artist Leonardo da Vinci died over 500 years ago, but his work still commands the world’s attention and is the subject of ongoing speculation surrounding his subject, especially her smile.
Portland Museum of Art Collections
The Mona Lisa
Forty years ago, the Portland Museum of Art had a special unveiling of a Mona Lisa and what they believed had been one of four done by Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo often did a practice painting before working on the official painting. At the time of the showing in the early 1980s I believe the painting had been gifted to them. I attended their showing. I was a bit disappointed with how dusty and old the painting appeared to be. It was a subdued, ghostly grey.
My reaction may have been somewhat a measure of my lack of sophistication. I was expecting something so much more grand. It would be several years before I saw the original Mona Lisa at the Louvre. Even though the colors were brighter, again, I was disappointed. The Mona Lisa is considered the most important painting in the world, the enigmatic smile plays a huge part in the worldwide popularity and appeal of this painting.
There Are 11 Diamonds
in The Mona Lisa Smile Necklace
The Number 11 Holds Special Significance in Numerology
The number 11 is a master number signifying intuition and enlightenment. It represents a new beginning, the start of a new phase of life, or the promise of positive events.
Balance:
The number 11 is said to represent balance and encourage people to maintain harmony in their thoughts, actions, and relationships. It’s thought to contain both sun and moon energy and signal a need to balance emotions, thoughts, spirits, masculine and feminine aspects, and work and play.
Creativity:
The number 11 is said to represent creativity. People with the number 11 in their numerology charts are profound creatives who feel most fulfilled when they balance the left and right brain. Their souls are thought to express the qualities of both independence and drive, as well as grace and love.
With 11 diamonds, and as the hardest substance in the universe, this necklace holds many powerful symbols.
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Summary
Name: Mona Lisa Smile Necklace
Style#: X4658
Gems: 11 Diamonds = 3/4 carat total weight ±
Measurement: Diamonds span 1 1/4 inches
Precious Metal: 14K yellow & white gold
Chain: 14K yellow gold wheat, overall length is 17 inches, lands the necklace 2″ above her heart.
Price: $3,850
AU38
Why We Love This Necklace
A smile is our soul’s welcome to the world.
A simple smile says who we are inside
and says there’s room for everyone.
A smile always gives; it’s ready to receive too.
A smile, any smile, warms the room because it tells everyone something about you. Wear this necklace and it’s the leading edge to new, deeper relationships.
