Leonardo da Vinci, selfportrait. The burial place of Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa located in the Florence's former Convent of Saint Orsola now abandoned and derelict. Italian art historian Giuseppe Pallanti found a death notice in the archives of a church in Florence that referred to the wife of Francesco del Giocondo, deceased July 15, 1542, and buried at Sant'Orsola, where she spent her final days, at age 63. Lisa Gherardini, as Leonardo's model was called in real life, was the wife of Florentine tradesman Francesco del Giocondo. Sant'Orsola, now disused and in ruins, is near the San Lorenzo basilica at the heart of the Tuscan metropolis. Another researcher urged a search at the site for Lisa Gherardini's remains. 'Thanks to modern techniques, scientists can determine her physical aspect, maybe even her face and thereby make an important contribution' to establishing her identity. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM