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2008/1/14

German experts crack Mona Lisa smile

@ 08:30 PM (5 months, 21 days ago)

 

German academics believe they have solved the centuries-old mystery behind the identity of the "Mona Lisa" in Leonardo da Vinci's famous portrait.

Lisa Gherardini, the wife of a wealthy Florentine merchant, Francesco del Giocondo, has long been seen as the most likely model for the sixteenth-century painting.

But art historians have often wondered whether the smiling woman may actually have been da Vinci's lover, his mother or the artist himself.

Now experts at the Heidelberg University library say dated notes scribbled in the margins of a book by its owner in October 1503 confirm once and for all that Lisa del Giocondo was indeed the model for one of the most famous portraits in the world.

"All doubts about the identity of the Mona Lisa have been eliminated by a discovery by Dr. Armin Schlechter," a manuscript expert, the library said in a statement on Monday.

Comment(s) »

  1. Yeah but are there any hardcore videos of her?

    Comment by Dick— 2008/01/14 @ 08:38 PM — (Reply)

  2. Yeah, she had an interesting smile but was a real "Mona" in the clinches.

    Comment by Burns— 2008/01/15 @ 01:09 AM — (Reply)

  3. Is there a concrete proof for the said statement?

    Comment by Buick Regal EGR Valve— 2008/01/22 @ 08:19 PM — (Reply)

  4. surewhynot

    Comment by Ron Paul Redux— 2008/01/22 @ 09:02 PM — (Reply)

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