Mõna Lisa Identity Solved·

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Da Vinci Decoded? Mona Lisa Identity Solved!

No wonder she's smiling.

Having claimed in December he would soon disclose the 500-year mystery of who had served as the model for Leonardo da Vinci's enigmatic Mona Lisa, researcher Silvano Vinceti made his findings known at a press conference in Rome Wednesday: she is actually a he.

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[Mad Dawg Wiccan]

I guess that explains the enigmatic smile.

[ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ]

So I suppose now we should call it the Mana Lisa..........

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I wonder if the "value" of the painting will change now?

Or will it still be revered for its technique and style? The painting hasn't changed, but I'm sure to some people the interpretation will change the way they view it.

[973beachbum]

This is the most novel idea for blackmailing someone into giving you a job I have ever heard. This is from the rest of the article.

In Paris, where the Mona Lisa (or "La Gioconda") receives more than 1.7 million visitors annually, Vinceti's claims were quickly dismissed by the Louvre. The painting "was subjected to all laboratory tests available in 2004 and 2009,' museum officials announced and no letter or digit – as Vinceti claimed as providing the clues – was detected during these examinations.

In December, Vinceti announced discovery of minute initials – a tiny L for Leonardo and an S for Salai – hidden within the portrait and uncovered by Italian researchers using CSI-type techniques.

Only the museum doesn't buy that. It said, "Aging of the painting on wood has caused a great number cracks in the pictorial material which are the origin of numerous forms which are often the subject of over-interpretation."

Replied Vinceti, who now proposes a collaboration between himself and the Louvre: "I understand their disbelief and their surprise. The bottom line is that this is the most studied painting in the world."

[thyme4change]

The gay agenda stikes again.

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[Mad Dawg Wiccan]

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