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Da Vinci might have painted topless version of Mona Lisa
New York Post ^ | September 28, 2017 | Yaron Steinbuch

Posted on 09/28/2017 3:46:23 PM PDT by sparklite2

Experts at the Louvre museum in Paris on Thursday revealed that Leonardo da Vinci may have also painted a topless version — called Joconde Nue, or Monna Vanna — of the famed masterpiece.

A scientific study of the charcoal work found that it could be Da Vinci’s preparatory drawing for a naked version of La Gioconda.

The Monna Vanna — which has been held since 1862 at the Condé museum in Chantilly — had previously been attributed to the Florentine master’s studio.

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TOPICS: Arts/Photography
KEYWORDS: davinci; godsgravesglyphs; jocondenue; leonardo; leonardodavinci; monalisa; monnavanna
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Uh-oh. Hefner had a co-conspirator.
1 posted on 09/28/2017 3:46:23 PM PDT by sparklite2
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The Hubba Lisa?


2 posted on 09/28/2017 3:48:01 PM PDT by JennysCool
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But did he put her head on a man or a woman’s body? Mona might have been feeling like a Monty that day.


3 posted on 09/28/2017 3:49:58 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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Little did people know, that he painted a Lesbian version:


4 posted on 09/28/2017 3:50:15 PM PDT by dfwgator
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LOL


5 posted on 09/28/2017 3:50:50 PM PDT by sparklite2 (I'm less interested in the rights I have than the liberties I can take.)
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There’s a theory floating around out there that young women’s fashion in those days exposed one breast, because that is the way young women are portrayed in so many paintings of the era. I think there would be mention of it in writings of the time if that were the case, however.


6 posted on 09/28/2017 3:52:13 PM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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He was also a Star Wars fan.


7 posted on 09/28/2017 3:53:59 PM PDT by Rebelbase (Orthodox American!)
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Never mind. This turns out to be problem of grammar.
It was a hot day in Vienna, and Da Vinci
painted the Mona Lisa, topless.


8 posted on 09/28/2017 3:54:23 PM PDT by sparklite2 (I'm less interested in the rights I have than the liberties I can take.)
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What a titillating development.


9 posted on 09/28/2017 3:54:50 PM PDT by Bon mots (Laughing at liberal tears!)
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10 posted on 09/28/2017 3:55:01 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH-pk2vZG2M)
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Link to the nude one:

Monna Vanna

11 posted on 09/28/2017 3:56:39 PM PDT by MUDDOG
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Well played sir!


12 posted on 09/28/2017 3:57:59 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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The mystic is now gone.


13 posted on 09/28/2017 4:00:21 PM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Psalm 33:12)
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My first thought!


14 posted on 09/28/2017 4:05:47 PM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (Apoplectic is where we want them!)
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This should inspire Dan Brown to write a new bs novel named The Da Vinci Ho.


15 posted on 09/28/2017 4:05:59 PM PDT by Vision Thing (You see the depths of our hearts, and You love us the same...)
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And these visions of Johanna are now all that remains.


16 posted on 09/28/2017 4:07:34 PM PDT by MUDDOG
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Da Vinci might have painted topless version of Mona Lisa

He should be referred to as Leonardo da Vinci, or simply Leonardo. He didn't have a last name in the modern sense. Vinci is a place name.

17 posted on 09/28/2017 4:18:00 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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That kind of looks like Rachel Madcow.


18 posted on 09/28/2017 4:21:29 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (Lock her up!)
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Now we know why she’s smiling.


19 posted on 09/28/2017 4:58:36 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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Or Chris Hayes.


20 posted on 09/28/2017 5:01:08 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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