james The iconic painting by Leonardo Da Vinci has been one of the most talked about pieces of art for decades now. I, just like any other person, got caught up in the hype of it and went to Paris to see it in the Louvre Museum. Much has changed over the years and now when I am becoming an artist of my own, I started wondering what exactly is so special about the painting. Let’s face it, there are better paintings out there such as The Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh and Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli. Leonardo also isn’t the only famous painter of his time. His work was always compared with his competitors such as Michelangelo and Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino. Painted around 1503–1506, the painting has the most expensive insurance policy in history, valued at $100 million in 1962, equivalent to $650 million in 2018.
