How big is the Mona Lisa?
The Mona Lisa is 79.4 by 53.4 centimetres, 31 by 21 inches. Beside a person of 1.7 metres it is less than half as tall, and a little over half a metre wide. The Last Supper is 8.8 metres wide: sixteen Mona Lisas would fit across it side by side.
All sizes are height by width.
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The door opens the Leonardo wing at the Mona Lisa's stop. Every work further down has its own door to its stop.
The chart
Here is every work of the picture room, and the Last Supper, drawn to one scale.
The shapes by number
- 1The Baptism of Christ
- 2Annunciation
- 3, 4Ginevra de' Benci
- 5Madonna of the Carnation
- 6Benois Madonna
- 7Saint Jerome in the Wilderness
- 8Adoration of the Magi
- 9Annunciation, predella panel
- 10Virgin of the Rocks, Louvre version
- 11Portrait of a Musician
- 12Lady with an Ermine
- 13La Belle Ferronnière
- 14Madonna Litta
- 15The Burlington House Cartoon
- 16Madonna of the Yarnwinder, Buccleuch version
- 17Madonna of the Yarnwinder, Lansdowne version
- 18The Fight for the Standard, after the Battle of Anghiari
- 19Mona Lisa
- 20Virgin of the Rocks, London version
- 21The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne
- 22Salvator Mundi
- 23Saint John the Baptist
- 24La Scapigliata
- 25Bacchus, formerly Saint John the Baptist
- 26The Last Supper
The works under one metre tall again, three times as large, so the small ones can be read.
The chart as a picture, 1600 pixels wide
The chart is the museum's own work, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Last Supper
The Last Supper is 4.6 metres high and 8.8 metres wide. It is a wall painting in the refectory, the dining hall of the monastery of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan, so it cannot hang in a picture room. In the wing a reproduction of it fills a wall in the court, at the same 4.6 by 8.8 metres. What a reproduction cannot show is the wall the painting is part of, the surface of its plaster, and the room it was painted for.
Near real size
What hangs in the wing are reproductions. Each is shown close to its real size, with its source and its licence on its label, and the originals are in the museums and collections named on this page. The sizes here are the originals' own, as their holders give them.
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Every work
Every work in the order it hangs, with the size its holder gives. Two are drawings and say so after their title. A word after the holder, such as disputed, workshop or qualified attribution, says how sure the attribution to Leonardo is, and no word means it is documented. A predella is a small panel from the foot of an altarpiece.
The Baptism of Christ. 177 × 151 cm (70 × 59 in). Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence. By Verrocchio and Leonardo. Taller than a person of 1.7 metres.
See it in the wing: The Baptism of ChristAnnunciation. 98 × 217 cm (39 × 85 in). Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence. Over two metres wide and under a metre tall.
See it in the wing: AnnunciationGinevra de' Benci. 38.1 × 37 cm (15 × 15 in). National Gallery of Art, Washington. Almost square. The wing shows both sides of the panel.
See it in the wing: Ginevra de' BenciGinevra de' Benci, the back of the panel. 38.1 × 37 cm (15 × 15 in). National Gallery of Art, Washington. The painted back of the same panel: one work that hangs twice.
See it in the wing: Ginevra de' Benci, the back of the panelMadonna of the Carnation. 62 × 48.5 cm (24 × 19 in). Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Alte Pinakothek, Munich.
See it in the wing: Madonna of the CarnationBenois Madonna. 49.5 × 33 cm (19 × 13 in). State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg.
See it in the wing: Benois MadonnaSaint Jerome in the Wilderness. 103 × 75 cm (41 × 30 in). Pinacoteca Vaticana, Vatican City. Just over a metre tall.
See it in the wing: Saint Jerome in the WildernessAdoration of the Magi. 240 × 244 cm (94 × 96 in). Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence. The largest work on the wall: almost square, and 70 centimetres taller than a person of 1.7 metres.
See it in the wing: Adoration of the MagiAnnunciation, predella panel. 16 × 60 cm (6 × 24 in). Musée du Louvre, Paris. Disputed. The shortest picture on the wall, 16 centimetres tall, and almost four times as wide.
See it in the wing: Annunciation, predella panelVirgin of the Rocks, Louvre version. 199.5 × 122 cm (79 × 48 in). Musée du Louvre, Paris. Just under two metres tall. The London version is ten centimetres shorter.
See it in the wing: Virgin of the Rocks, Louvre versionPortrait of a Musician. 44.7 × 32 cm (18 × 13 in). Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan. Disputed.
See it in the wing: Portrait of a MusicianLady with an Ermine. 54.8 × 40.3 cm (22 × 16 in). Muzeum Narodowe w Krakowie, Muzeum Książąt Czartoryskich, Kraków. Shorter and narrower than the Mona Lisa.
See it in the wing: Lady with an ErmineLa Belle Ferronnière. 63 × 45 cm (25 × 18 in). Musée du Louvre, Paris.
See it in the wing: La Belle FerronnièreMadonna Litta. 42 × 33 cm (17 × 13 in). State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg. Disputed.
See it in the wing: Madonna LittaThe Burlington House Cartoon. Drawing. 141.5 × 104.6 cm (56 × 41 in). National Gallery, London. The larger of the two drawings on the wall.
See it in the wing: The Burlington House CartoonMadonna of the Yarnwinder, Buccleuch version. 48.3 × 36.9 cm (19 × 15 in). Buccleuch collection, on loan to National Galleries of Scotland. Qualified attribution. Two versions of one picture hang next to each other here, almost the same size.
See it in the wing: Madonna of the Yarnwinder, Buccleuch versionMadonna of the Yarnwinder, Lansdowne version. 49.5 × 37.1 cm (19 × 15 in). Kenneth C. Griffin Collection, on loan to The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Qualified attribution. A little over a centimetre taller than the Buccleuch version.
See it in the wing: Madonna of the Yarnwinder, Lansdowne versionThe Fight for the Standard, after the Battle of Anghiari. Drawing. 45.3 × 63.6 cm (18 × 25 in). Musée du Louvre, Paris. A later copy by other hands, and the second drawing on the wall.
See it in the wing: The Fight for the Standard, after the Battle of AnghiariMona Lisa. 79.4 × 53.4 cm (31 × 21 in). Musée du Louvre, Paris. Has its own stop in the wing. Of the other 23 works, fourteen are shorter than it and nine are taller.
See it in the wing: Mona LisaVirgin of the Rocks, London version. 189.5 × 120 cm (75 × 47 in). National Gallery, London. Qualified attribution. Ten centimetres shorter than the Louvre version, and two narrower.
See it in the wing: Virgin of the Rocks, London versionThe Virgin and Child with Saint Anne. 168 × 113 cm (66 × 44 in). Musée du Louvre, Paris. Two centimetres short of a person of 1.7 metres.
See it in the wing: The Virgin and Child with Saint AnneSalvator Mundi. 65.7 × 45.7 cm (26 × 18 in). Private collection, present location unconfirmed. Disputed.
See it in the wing: Salvator MundiSaint John the Baptist. 72.9 × 56.3 cm (29 × 22 in). Musée du Louvre, Paris. A little shorter and a little wider than the Mona Lisa.
See it in the wing: Saint John the BaptistLa Scapigliata. 24.7 × 21 cm (10 × 8 in). Galleria Nazionale di Parma, Complesso della Pilotta, Parma. Qualified attribution. The smallest work on the wall: a head, 21 centimetres wide.
See it in the wing: La ScapigliataBacchus, formerly Saint John the Baptist. 177 × 115 cm (70 × 45 in). Musée du Louvre, Paris. Workshop. The same height as the Baptism of Christ, the first picture on the wall.
See it in the wing: Bacchus, formerly Saint John the BaptistThe Last Supper. 460 × 880 cm (181 × 346 in). Museo del Cenacolo Vinciano, Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan. A wall painting, so it is not in the picture room. A reproduction fills a wall in the court.
See it in the wing: The Last Supper
The table
| Work | Height | Width | Holder | Place | In the wing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 The Baptism of Christ | 177 (70) | 151 (59) | Gallerie degli Uffizi | Florence | See it in the wing: The Baptism of Christ |
| 2 Annunciation | 98 (39) | 217 (85) | Gallerie degli Uffizi | Florence | See it in the wing: Annunciation |
| 3 Ginevra de' Benci | 38.1 (15) | 37 (15) | National Gallery of Art | Washington | See it in the wing: Ginevra de' Benci |
| 4 Ginevra de' Benci, the back of the panel | 38.1 (15) | 37 (15) | National Gallery of Art | Washington | See it in the wing: Ginevra de' Benci, the back of the panel |
| 5 Madonna of the Carnation | 62 (24) | 48.5 (19) | Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Alte Pinakothek | Munich | See it in the wing: Madonna of the Carnation |
| 6 Benois Madonna | 49.5 (19) | 33 (13) | State Hermitage Museum | Saint Petersburg | See it in the wing: Benois Madonna |
| 7 Saint Jerome in the Wilderness | 103 (41) | 75 (30) | Pinacoteca Vaticana | Vatican City | See it in the wing: Saint Jerome in the Wilderness |
| 8 Adoration of the Magi | 240 (94) | 244 (96) | Gallerie degli Uffizi | Florence | See it in the wing: Adoration of the Magi |
| 9 Annunciation, predella panel | 16 (6) | 60 (24) | Musée du Louvre | Paris | See it in the wing: Annunciation, predella panel |
| 10 Virgin of the Rocks, Louvre version | 199.5 (79) | 122 (48) | Musée du Louvre | Paris | See it in the wing: Virgin of the Rocks, Louvre version |
| 11 Portrait of a Musician | 44.7 (18) | 32 (13) | Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana | Milan | See it in the wing: Portrait of a Musician |
| 12 Lady with an Ermine | 54.8 (22) | 40.3 (16) | Muzeum Narodowe w Krakowie, Muzeum Książąt Czartoryskich | Kraków | See it in the wing: Lady with an Ermine |
| 13 La Belle Ferronnière | 63 (25) | 45 (18) | Musée du Louvre | Paris | See it in the wing: La Belle Ferronnière |
| 14 Madonna Litta | 42 (17) | 33 (13) | State Hermitage Museum | Saint Petersburg | See it in the wing: Madonna Litta |
| 15 The Burlington House Cartoon | 141.5 (56) | 104.6 (41) | National Gallery | London | See it in the wing: The Burlington House Cartoon |
| 16 Madonna of the Yarnwinder, Buccleuch version | 48.3 (19) | 36.9 (15) | Buccleuch collection | on loan to National Galleries of Scotland | See it in the wing: Madonna of the Yarnwinder, Buccleuch version |
| 17 Madonna of the Yarnwinder, Lansdowne version | 49.5 (19) | 37.1 (15) | Kenneth C. Griffin Collection | on loan to The Metropolitan Museum of Art | See it in the wing: Madonna of the Yarnwinder, Lansdowne version |
| 18 The Fight for the Standard, after the Battle of Anghiari | 45.3 (18) | 63.6 (25) | Musée du Louvre | Paris | See it in the wing: The Fight for the Standard, after the Battle of Anghiari |
| 19 Mona Lisa | 79.4 (31) | 53.4 (21) | Musée du Louvre | Paris | See it in the wing: Mona Lisa |
| 20 Virgin of the Rocks, London version | 189.5 (75) | 120 (47) | National Gallery | London | See it in the wing: Virgin of the Rocks, London version |
| 21 The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne | 168 (66) | 113 (44) | Musée du Louvre | Paris | See it in the wing: The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne |
| 22 Salvator Mundi | 65.7 (26) | 45.7 (18) | Private collection | present location unconfirmed | See it in the wing: Salvator Mundi |
| 23 Saint John the Baptist | 72.9 (29) | 56.3 (22) | Musée du Louvre | Paris | See it in the wing: Saint John the Baptist |
| 24 La Scapigliata | 24.7 (10) | 21 (8) | Galleria Nazionale di Parma, Complesso della Pilotta | Parma | See it in the wing: La Scapigliata |
| 25 Bacchus, formerly Saint John the Baptist | 177 (70) | 115 (45) | Musée du Louvre | Paris | See it in the wing: Bacchus, formerly Saint John the Baptist |
| 26 The Last Supper | 460 (181) | 880 (346) | Museo del Cenacolo Vinciano, Santa Maria delle Grazie | Milan | See it in the wing: The Last Supper |
Sources
The sizes are the holders' own measurements of the originals, as the wing's labels carry them. The museum names these museums and collections because they hold the originals, and is independent of every one of them.
If a size or a holder is wrong, tell us and we will correct it. To the legal notice
See the pictures in the wing
The door opens the Leonardo wing at the picture room, where the walk begins. The Mona Lisa hangs there among 25 pictures, and you can step up to each one.
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