Made 4 minds. It is the most famous most expensive and most mysterious painting in the world. Each year millions of people visit the portrayed in the louvre. The mona lisa has remained a star among works of art for centuries. Because fanatics attempted to destroy the painting it can only be admired from behind armored glass. But what makes the mona lisa so special. The small painting shows nothing more than a portrait of a woman. Or does it reveal something more. It was painted by one of the greatest geniuses who ever lived Leonardo Da Vinci. And with mona lisa he left behind more than just an image of a woman. Her gaze appears to wander off yet always meets the viewer. 2 she wears no jewelry her clothing is dark as if she were in mourning and yet she smiles mysteriously. Leonardo didnt leave behind any sketches of the portrait. 2 no visible brushstrokes mona lisa appears to be made out of flesh and blood. Yet her biggest secret remains who was shooting whose portrait is leonardo showing us. Well to solve this puzzle the louvre placed its most famous painting under scientific scrutiny using the most modern techniques. The painting was examined using x. Rays. Spectroscopy ultraviolet an infrared pictures among other techniques to uncover its secrets. The masters painting technique was examined beyond the surface were corrections made to the painting was anything over painted did leonardo paint the piece in one session or did he work on it for decades. These questions must be answered in order to resolve the most puzzling question of them all. Who is the woman behind the smiling yet melancholy face. Who was leonardos mona lisa. Or is this not a portrait. But rather an imaginary image of an ideal beauty. Experts have been wondering this for centrists. There seems to be proof of only 2 explanations but each cancels the other out documentation comes from 2 different chroniclers d but these written records are not compatible with one another. The most accepted theory is based on biographer george over sorry according to him the portrait depicts lisa. The wife of the florentine sock merchant francesco down to condo who commissioned the piece in 1503. This contradicts a note by the chronicle antonio to be artists from 1517 in which me and knowledge eventually claims to have been commissioned by giuliano dimity. Just like the 2 chronicles contemporary leonardo scholars also have divergent theories. People until an artist dorian from florence believes the officially recognized theory that the painting depicts lisa condo. I believe that play an audio actually painted get our d. N. A. The wife of francesco del joconde. Probably around 1503. 00. 23 roman historian robert perry considers a new and revolutionary theory in which the portrayed woman is an entirely different person. I think the painting is connected with ran down a. It has nothing to do with morris or with. The 1st clue leads to florence the majority of the great renee songs artists lived and worked here as did Leonardo Da Vinci. Ga over sorry also worked in florence. Called the biographies of many italians artists. Next to his work as an architect for sorry documented the biographies of great italian artists today these make up one of the most important foundations of art history levitated a pure chill leonti architect the pittodrie escort tory italian army was 1st published in 1550 and revise in 1568. Today the original manuscripts are housed in the if its the library. Most of the artists whose lives were sorry chronicled were already dead at the time of the sari researched very carefully. So too with Leonardo Da Vinci on just a few pages for sammy wrote down his whole life story. In it he also mentions that limato painted the portrait of mona lisa for francesco dojo condo her husband and its in the possession of king france is the 1st to france. He labored on it for 4 years and ultimately left it unfinished. These words gave the painting its name. Mona lisa. Who was this mona lisa of whom are sorry route and who was her husband francesco down to come down. Francesco was a silk much good acquired some wealth but wasnt part of florences elite. He was a nouveau riche businessman. Was it really possible the renowned painter like leonardo accepted a commission by an ordinary businessman or did francesco down to conduct and his wife climbed the ranks of society. Out of his good home to a french esko del joconde was well known in the city seem push him it was nice just an ordinary emotions he was also a public and charismatic figure who mom had it up not a live answer who because. Hes a doctor in your lease was very. Unfair sorry to find so very beautiful to see what i mean to marry her husband also spoke very highly often does that mean that in his testaments francesco refers to her as a bona fide a woman if you move in this is an unusual description for a woman. Whose wadi i have yet to find a similar description in other testaments. The more you read on a bonafide a woman can signify a noble woman with high principles who works hard and has a personality. That is going to be going to follow if you post or solve the. Lisa downs a condo was francescos 3rd wife. The birth of their 2nd child a move into a new home could have been the occasion for the commissioned portrait. And yet up until them leonardo only portray men and women of nobility these people were interesting to him a star such as himself could choose his own subjects why did he paint lisa down joconde. Leonardo returned to florence around 1500 tremolando he was 48 years old restless without family and didnt have any large commissions on the horizon. Lou not that he went lay in auto came to florence he didnt have any commissions or work. And we know that portraits are the bread and butter of painters doing it and that is to say they are the simplest commissions and also the best paid so it is easily possible that francesco del joe condo commissions laid auto to portray his wife out of the pneumonia. But doubts arise theres a condo family trade register resides in the lucky viewer story codell instituto daily no 20 and it is the basis of their tax report. Florence had a highly advanced tax system the socalled kotov. As part of this its citizens had to claim all of their incomes and expenditures. In this trade register all movement of money and assets were meticulously record it. Bizzare mentions that leonardo received the commission in 1503 so a record of the expensive portrayed must certainly have been made. But in 50 no 3 there is no reference to the expense of a painting. There is no record of a commission to leonardo in the entire trade register. There is also no mention of such a valuable painting in the inheritance. Point you can imagine how desperately i searched for clues of a commission or payments. Not even in the testament is there mention that this painting existed. I think francesco would have certainly claimed it since it was a painting with a rising and secure value the whole thing is incomprehensible. From just go would have most likely shown the portrayed by the famous painter publicly and would not have risked event or tax evasion. In leonardos records there is also no trace of a commission by francesca money apparently didnt change terms. From just goes testament is archived in florences are key of you to start up there in there is also no mention of the great masters valuable artwork leonardo apparently never delivered the painting to francesco. Was sorry he writes about an incomplete portrait of the mona lisa and the louvre however is completed down to the very last detail. If you could i mean the blew up years surely he except of the commission at a time in which he had no work at that which he introduced himself to the merchant who wanted a pain. Think of his wife and simply agreement then he painted only the head. They studied he interrupted the work for other commissions and left it all on finished never delivering the painting to the merchant not even the head. And there are no traces of this painting in florence with the traces left by the most incompetent must be available in the archives documents Old Testament that you do with that the and yet this painting by leonardo shows up with no way to the. Usual day stanley if we had finished the painting and admitted then a record within the family would exist if a painting by a Famous Artist like leo nardo was a very valuable commodity that while get this. Their love for me advocated way superior we know absolutely nothing about this but he. Says thats true i mean the thing. Hasnt really been lost. As described by her sorry last is the painting in the louvre the different one. Much about leonardo he seems unexplainable today very few artists have captivated peoples imaginations as he has. One reason for this was that he started so many paintings that he never finished like that of st jerome in the wilderness. Yet these works count among art historys most famous. As with the end a ration of the magi leonardo often lost interest in his paintings after he solved challenges or figuration and compositional finishing the pieces became too tedious. This was also the case with the fresco for the council hall of blood so vecchio. It was to become his largest work commissioned by the City Government leonardo chose the battle of hungary ari has his motif leonardo received the commission in 1503. 00 the same period during which he worked only said belgacom was portrayed. Restless as he was leonardo left even the biggest project of florence commissioned incomplete is it plausible that he behaved similarly with mona lisa im banned only to finish it later most of ready made it is very likely that blaine otto puts the painting aside. He didnt finish it and never delivered it it was most likely completed at a later time i need. To let a. Z. So i think thats this theory in which the painting was begun in 1503 and finished later is the most plausible and its also the one i personally believe well britain i mean. When did leonardo finish the painting. And lets assume in old age long after he started it. d must have carried the painting with him throughout much of his life. If there was such a time span between the start and the completion of the painting then we can determine that with todays modern methods. And again modern technology has a go at the mona lisa. The results show that the color pigments were applied without significant interruption. And using infrared technology historian searched for over painted areas or corrections. The genius leonardo made hardly a single correction from the 1st brush stroke to the finished piece. The only overpainting occurred on mona lisas left hand here leonardo corrected the gesture of her finger. Aside from that the painting was made in one session an unbelievable achievement by the master. According to our historian alexander pairing these discoveries further confound the mona lisa theory. Do go on to sue the entire Study Confirms the absurdity of the identity of the loser painting or a painting depicting mourner lisa would be moved to move more nearly so we see. First because it was determines that a painterly process was fairly continuous and going to new release or fog to. Be armed he would have had to paint it into a completely separate stages to sweden and been to suit churches will clearly be identified with todays methods and tools. Of all the 1st stone for all of them but to go to lunch of the landscape would have had to have been you since sandy didnt mention one at all but i know launch of. The great biog. As in another aspect as well. In describing the mona lisa he talks about her eyelashes which could be rendered only by the most delicate of brushes on her brows you witnessed them at their fullest and spouses and how they emerged from the pores of her skin is not really as one can only imagine. But the mona lisa that hangs in the louvre today has neither eyelashes no eyebrows. These are also not detectable using relief imaging. Sorry one of the main attests to the Mona Lisa Fieri never saw the painting himself. Sadly no larry ruffled the bizarre a didnt have any written sources his biography is based on mia oral recounts that circulated influence. At. Ask lee to lybia would have yet trade back if he got it pushed up this means he wrote part of the history of drug condoms portrayed with the mona lisa or based on such oral accounts the passed from person to person all the best story but who we never saw the painting. He described what he invented that those he to do. But from where does the painting in the louvre stand are there 2 portraits model from last. This new idea takes us to the end boss on the watch prompts. Me another died here in 1519 and the advanced age of 67. The chapel in which he was in tune is located directly next to the kings chateau. Leonardo came to and was by invitation of the french king francis the fast by them the artistic genius had already achieved cult status. Leonardo lived in a manner next to the chateau called clue loosing. Incident occurred in this small frenchman and that steers the mona lisa investigation in an entirely new and revolutionary direction. Leonardo brought 3 paintings with him but wonder today is referred to as the mona lisa a painting of some drum baptist and that was some downloads that he stayed in this manner inclusive where you also had a studio. At the. The chronicler antonio to beatus witnessed cardinal law degree of arrogance visit with leonardo enclosed to say on october the 10th 1517. 00 he relates to 3 paintings he saw at the aging masters. One of the works is of a certain Florentine Lady painted from life that was made in honor of the passing of giuliano day many to another one is of the young st joe the baptist the 3rd of madonna with her child seated on saint hannahs lap the latter was the most perfect of them all. Today the painting of st anna with maria and baby jesus on her lap is housed in the louvre. So too is the painting that b. Artist described of st john the baptist. Is the painting that was made for juliana. Also in the louvre is it the mona lisa. Equired row for the grain tray was commissioned in rome by julie are no dimiter. As a result of an affair he had with a woman from the will be no. Brand on. Your question give me. d d a new name surfaces made it to. The ruling family of florence this name is most associated with a renaissance period they were rich scrupulous obsessed with power and patrons of the arts. Giuliano domenici was one of the 2 brothers that lived during davinci time. It was a womanizer and to squander. It was charismatic had a powerful name and an influential brother. His brother lived in rome his name was given to me there many changed and he had High Aspirations later he became cardinal and finally pope. As pope clear the tent he made history as a sensitive our patron as well as a scrupulous and powerful politician. He strengthened the clergys power and influence over the battling italian city states and had a weakness for the beautiful things in life. Giuliano is extravagant brother arrived in orby know when he was a guest for the plot so to carla. Here he had several chambers known as the magnificence quarter. Reality big airport was a poet he had been raised by his father lorenzo who was a great writer he wrote poetry and was interested in women having the slightest interest in politics not everyone is for me. Grandpa. Leoni is rather was a great politician the exact opposite that my that he was wrong about everything. And it is great passion was politics. I was an avid hunter back but he made the top dog black at penn a politician. Giovani pope leo the tent took care of his brother giuliani throughout his life he also financed his extravagant lifestyle. Giuliano had come closer fasts. But one of these faith had serious consequences. You know in the marker region. So do color looms over the town. The tragedy involving Giuliana Domenici that would eventually lead to the mona lisa took place. But that the most important source is a document that is housed in the library of the university of. This document is a page in a book a foundling hebrew the spokes. Records were found in the University Library of a beano regarding a certain it politic. A politician would later become cardinal but was poisoned of the age of 24. But he was born an orphan. How did he acquire the name. Who were his parents. For the wreck or document his birth how he became an orphan. And later. The name of his mother also appears. Friend downy a young woman from beano. Not much is known about but if it had been danny she was a guest at the palace or to carla by invitation of giuliano to me. It is unclear if she offered him her labors of love if he said used her at all as recorded by one of the documents was raped. In any case she spent a night with giuliana. And theres likely in voluntarily. But how should she have opposed the rich route i. Think. She was plagued with severe remorse after her affair with giuliana. Some sources stated that she was married at the time. Dunny fell into a crisis the deep end when she found out that she was with child. A child out of wedlock from a brief encounter in the court of beano. Then she drew up a terrible plan. She confided in her friend and when wife that she didnt want the child and that she could not take the discretions. The midwife should kill the newborn in case president he dies in childbirth. Danny did in fact die if you are profi 5. But the midwife didnt take the newborns life. On april the 19th 1511 the night before Easter Sunday she dropped the child off on the steps of the sun ticky are a judge you know being out. The baby wrapped in a white sheet was giuliano so. He had a coin on him as a token of his heritage in the absence of a legitimate heir giuliana de medici recognized him as his son he named him a politic. Giuliani left will be now with his son in politics a move to his brother the pope in rome. From. Leonardo da vinci resided in the chambers of the vatican where he worked for the middle east during this time. But commissions from the popes response here giuliano must have given him the commission which leonardo writes enclosed with a. Leonardo was to paint a painting to comfort little politics. Badly you said earlier motto may have pictures of a mother but i can gift my some as an image of his mother all sat at daulat am your feet. As you imagine it how a portrait of a mother shuttle flight leonardo painted the painting what we call mona lisa today and you know that. It must have been a great challenge to paint an image of a mother for politics. Since he suffered a similar fate because of politics. He too was an illegitimate child who was recognized by his father. His mother didnt die in childbirth she was his fathers maid and he probably used her dependency on him for labors of love as had giuliana with his mistress friend danny. Pollock. And leonardo shared a similar fate and this inspired leonardo to paint a painting that up held the memory of a mother. The painting should lend comfort to younger politician who himself never saw his mother. He undoubtedly painted the image of ways out of should be so he develops the portraits out of his imagination. And we could we all now go play in our toes we didnt need a model. He was an illegitimate child himself and could easily relate to the feelings of such a child so in this. Giuliano there lady change must have known this house lay in autos friend. Leonardo took himself back to the time of his childhood. He was born in 1452 on a farm. His birth house still stands today its located in midst of an olive grove near the small Tuscan Village of vinci. The great master got his name from the small italian. d church with a side chapel on the back tees 3 stands in the center of town. Leonardo was baptized here the morial stone commemorates the illegitimate leonardo was recognised as a song by his father pierre odo vinci. It was always puzzling why leonardo portrayed the wife of a silk merchant in dark clothing her silk merchant is proud. His colorful fabrics her clothes on the other hand recalled morning and reverie if me another painted the image of a woman that had passed away in the dark colors makes sense a smile also becomes explainable since it is directed at her own child. Giuliana to medically died before the painting was completed. Leonardo took it with him to france where deby artist saw it and took note of it in his travelogue. Mitzi should i use the painting in the movie is certainly not identical to the portraits that leonardo painted of more lisa bloom deformed and more gnarly so the real is more lisa lisa delgado condo is the silk merchants wife. But where is the portrait of lisa to conduct as described by of a sari. To trace leads us to germ giacomo cup protein called saliva who is said to have had a relationship with the master. Is a lie was a rapscallion leonardo like too many way. He accompanied the master through his life for many travels and was his studio assistant. Before on lunardi born several months or weeks before they an audio left for france in 1516 sylar returned to his hometown of melana sallai north. My long term son called sort of its all going by the only occasion he must have received several paintings from they are not all called one. And slow for move for assumably in complete works. You can foster inside the painting appears in his state that is referred to as joconde. Love to. Conduct a painting called to conduct this is how it appears in his estate. An incomplete work of the great Leonardo Da Vinci was very valuable to sell high. So lawyer theoretically. Could have completed it writes. He was a painter trained by leonardo many paintings are attributed to him. He could have also sold them under layer not as name for a lot of money from coming. But that never happened so live died under mysterious circumstances just a few years after leonardos own death. The incomplete portrayed of lisa condor was in solace a state along with leonardos painting lay down the swan. Both of these paintings were lost. In all likelihood it is the imaginary ideal image of a mother that hangs in the louvre commissioned by giuliano domenici. We must say goodbye to the mona lisa. It is the most famous painting in the while. Others been studied more thorough only more often now the mona lisa has revealed its true face. The same face was found over and over again beneath each of the coats of paint the face with its loving gaze and its comforting smile the image of a mother. Good. Illegal expulsion. And theyre not shut to what keeps hearing about the 2. 00 she was for a Refugee Aid Organization in grayson and the time just border they can die there and we have no one migrants tell us its very troubling. She set out to investigate. And focus on europe. 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