Smiles mystery shown in the famous Mona Lisa
portrait by Leonardo da Vinci was finally revealed. German academics feel
confident they have solved a mystery that has lasted several centuries behind
the identity of a beautiful girl who Becomes the object of his famous
paintings. Lisa Gherardini, wife of a wealthy businessman
Florence, Francesco del Giocondo, has long been seen as the most likely model
for the sixteenth-century painting. However, art historians have often wondered
whether the smiling woman may actually da Vinci's lover, his mother or the
artist himself.
Now experts at the Heidelberg University library
said based on the written record owner in a book on October 1503 obtained
certainty for all that Lisa del Giocondo was the actual model in the painting,
which is one of the famous portraits in the world. "All doubts about the
identity of the Mona Lisa has been dashed
following the discovery by Dr. Armin Schlechter, "a manuscript expert, the
library said in a statement.
Until now, only earned "inconclusive
evidence" from sixteenth-century documents. "This creates room for
various interpretations and there are many different identities put
forward," the library said. The notes were made by Agostino Vespucci, an
official and a friend of da Vinci Florence, a collection of letters written in
the Roman orator, Cicero. Posts in the record to compare Leonardo to the
ancient Greek artist Apelles and stated he was working on three paintings, one
of which is a portrait of Lisa del Giocondo.
Art experts, who have linked in the manufacture
of the painting in the medieval era, said the Heidelberg discovery is a
breakthrough and the previous mention linking the merchant's wife to the
portrait. "There is no reason to continue to doubt that this portrait was
the other woman," Leipzig University art historian said, Frank Zoelner,
told German Radio
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