Younger, happier Mona Lisa painted 10 years earlier, experts believe

Discovery News via FoxNews ^ | September 27, 2012 | Discovery News

[jmcenanly]

Leonardo da Vinci painted a younger and happier Mona Lisa some 10 years before painting the famous painting, art experts are claiming. Slightly larger in size than the famous portrait,‭ ‬which now hangs in the Louvre in Paris,‭ ‬the painting features‭ ‬a darker tonality,‭ ‬a different and unfinished background framed by two columns,‭ ‬and‭ ‬shows a younger lady with a less enigmatic smile. Known as the Isleworth Mona Lisa,‭ ‬the artwork will be unveiled in Geneva on Thursday by the Mona Lisa Foundation,‭ ‬a Zurich‭-based consortium which has‭ ‬kept the painting in a Swiss bank vault for‭ ‬40‭ ‬years.

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[BenLurkin]

Yes, but she did start to dye her hair.

/s

[newheart]

There. Fixed it. Now can I get my check?

[a fool in paradise]

Older Mona Lisa resigned to be a content Cat Lady.

[a fool in paradise]

It's my understanding that the Mona Lisa has been stolen several times and removed for one extended period.

Certainly many others have painted copies.

[a fool in paradise]

. I was blown away by the scale and color and complete unedited enthusiasm of the brush strokes. I just had no idea! Dorm room posters and internet pictures just can not show you the wild colors, the thickness in which the layers of paint are applied and the dizzying motion that the textures create!

Internet is killing appreciation of music and artworks (paintings, drawings, photos).

And fewer people seem to be using their hands to create (photoshop can it for them and instagram "has so many EFX!!!").

Yes, size does matter, viewing things as thumbnails on a laptop or on an iphone is no substitute.

[a fool in paradise]

I also take failed paintings and paint over them and reuse the canvas/board for a totally different painting. All artist do this. There might be a failed painting under every success. :)

Canvases weren't a cheap commodity way back when either. Archivists have taken to x-raying paintings to reveal other works underneath them.

[jmcenanly]

I think that the mysterious look in the eyes may be due to the accumulation of expression lines. the painting we are familiar with show a woman who has lived.

[catfish1957]

I thought I read that the “young Mona Lisa” was painted on canvas, which was not available to DiVinci at the time.

[catfish1957]

I much rather look at a spectaular Bierstadt than the Mona Lisa any day.

[Leep]

They showed on Discovery? Mona Lisa was actually a inverted self portrait of Da vinci. he made her or himself a women obviously.
Was quite convincing.

[Leep]

Here is a overlay of Da vinci and Mona Lisa. Its not hard to conceive considering he wrote backwards and so on.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0yhVo-TfeQg/S39-lq6mAyI/AAAAAAAAEcs/Gci4ay2vUgU/s400/90.jpg

[EVO X]

There is a circular room in a famous Paris art museum not the Louver (can't think of the name right now) and the walls, floor to ceiling, are all Monet's waterlillies all around the room. It is so fabulous, it took my breath away.

Musee National De L'Orangerie

[Ditter]

Is that the name? I am sure you are correct but that doesn’t ring a bell with me.

[EVO X]

Is that the name?

Yep. It is in the southwest corner of the Tuleries park. The Louvre is at the east end of the park..

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks jmcenanly.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks jmcenanly.

Isleworth Mona Lisa keyword:

• Scientists to unveil secrets of Mona Lisa
• Is This An Early 'Mona Lisa?'
• Italy seizes more than 5,000 looted antiquities in record haul
• Da Vinci's 'male Mona Lisa' expected to sell for $100M -- Salvatori Mundi (video)

[SunkenCiv]

Note: this topic is from 10/01/2012. Thanks jmcenanly. Just a ping message update.

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