Monday, January 14, 2008

Mona Lisa Update

German experts crack Mona Lisa smile | Reuters: "BERLIN (Reuters) - 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.

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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."

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Not really news, then.

Brent McKee said...

Isn't this "stunning discovery" made about every five years or so? If nothing else it proves that as a world our long term memory is totally shot.