Madonna – Mona Lisa Smile 🟢
Madonna portrait painting by Peter Engels.
Peter Engels painted pop icon Madonna as his contemporary version of Leonardo Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa that is on display in The Louvre: soft and mysteriously smiling. A contrasting image of Madonna as the celebrity that we know.
ArtistPeter EngelsMediumAcrylic on canvasSize (W x H) 200 x 100 cmPriceart@peterengels.eu
In Madonna – Mona Lisa Smile, Peter Engels reimagines the Queen of Pop as a contemporary Mona Lisa. With a soft, mysterious smile, youthful gaze, and luminous blonde hair, Madonna becomes both timeless and enigmatic. A close-up portrait set against a dark, sparkling background, it contrasts her often-provocative celebrity persona with serene, almost classical beauty.
Engels’ signature palette knife technique adds sculptural texture to the canvas, turning the portrait into a living, breathing presence. Every stroke preserves emotion, as Engels describes:
“The best part of painting my Vintage Portraits is holding an emotion, pausing it. That one meaningful moment fascinates me. My paintings make people immortal. People who make a difference: famous, infamous, loved, hated. They all sculpt history into what it is today.”
Madonna – Mona Lisa Smile is more than a portrait — it is a bridge between pop culture and art history, an immortalized moment that unites Leonardo’s muse with today’s cultural icon.
