Getty ImagesĬotte discovered that Leonardo da Vinci used the “splovero” technique when creating the painting which means transferring early sketches of the paining onto a canvas by making holes along the outside of the sketch. AFP via Getty Images There are many theories about who the actual Mona Lisa was. The Louvre allowed engineer Pascal Cotte to take photographic scans of the painting. In simpler terms, this method allowed him to see tiny details hidden beneath the painting that were not visible to the naked eye. His camera used the layer amplification method (LAM) to detect light that was reflected on 13 wavelengths. The Louvre Museum allowed Cotte to take photographic scans of the Mona Lisa and he published his findings in the Journal of Cultural Heritage in August 2020. Cotte created a Lumiere technology camera that was able to identify charcoal lines in areas of the painting. The same engineer who discovered the eyebrows of the Mona Lisa also discovered an interesting finding underneath the popular painting. Cotte said that 240 megapixel scans performed on the painting show traces of what used to be her left eyebrow. A Parisian engineer named Pascal Cotte, who did a deep study of the painting, said that the woman in the painting at one point had both eyelashes and eyebrows but over time, they have become no longer visible. The Mona Lisa actually does (or did) have eyebrows that are no longer visible in the painting. The artwork, which has become one of the most famous paintings in the world can be found at Louvre Museum in Paris and has been there since 1804. Others believe that it is a self-portrait of Leonardo da Vinci himself.Įven though there are theories about who the person in the painting with the famous subtle smile is, Lisa Gherardini leads the way as the most popular theory.
Some believe that the Mona Lisa isn’t a real person at all, rather a figment of Leonardo da Vinci’s imagination or a portrait representing many women. Some historians though have different thoughts about who the famous artwork represents. Gherardini was the wife of a Florentine merchant named Francesco del Giocondo. The most common answer is that the Mona Lisa is a portrait of the real-life Lisa Gherardini who was born on June 15, 1479, in Via Maggio, Republic of Florence and died July 15, 1542. Many historians have come up with answers about whom they believed the Mona Lisa was in real life. Lea Michele's 'Funny Girl' casting slammed by Samantha Ware 'Yellowstone' fails to earn one Emmy nomination from Television Academy
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