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The British art historian Charles Hope dismissed the attribution to Leonardo entirely in a January 2020 analysis of the painting’s quality and provenance. He doubted that Leonardo would have painted a work where the eyes were not level and the drapery undistorted by a crystal orb. He added, “The picture itself is a ruin, with the face much restored to make it reminiscent of the Mona Lisa.” Hope condemned the National Gallery’s involvement in Simon’s “astute” marketing campaign.[147]
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Same plastic surgeon; life imitates art.
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Regardless who painted it it’s now worth >$400 million for exactly the same reason Jackson Pollocks and and Mark Rothkos that are indistinguishable from a preschooler’s fingerpaintings are worth tens of million$: Because somebody with more money than sense was willing to part with that much to get to say they owned it.