Mines. 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. 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. d yet her biggest secret remains who was shooting whose portrait is leonardo showing us. 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 it 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. Is not a portrait. But rather an imaginary image of an ideal beauty. Experts have been wondering this for center is. 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 to pics lisa. The wife of the florentine silk merchant francesco dowager condo who commissioned the piece in 1503. Contradicts a note by the chronicle antonio to be artists from 1517 in which Leonardo Da Vinci claims to have been commissioned by giuliano dimity. Just like the 2 chronicles contemporary leonardo scholars also have divergent theories. People until an artist or him from florence believes the officially recognized theory that the painting depicts lisa condo. I believe that play an audio actually painted at least 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 grand army. It has nothing to do with morris or. The 1st clue leads to florence the majority of the great race all scientists lived and worked here as did Leonardo Da Vinci. Ga over sorry also worked in florence he chronicled the biographies of many italian artists. Next to his work as an architect but 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. Or tory italian e 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 leonardo painted the portrait of mona lisa for francesco dirge a 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 were sorry what and who was her husband francesco down to calm down. Francesco was a stock much good acquired some wealth but wasnt part of florences elite. He was a nouveau riche businessman. Was it really possible that a 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 russias were going to francesco del ger condo was well known in the city seem bush admitted he was nice just an ordinary a merchant he was also a public and charismatic figure out who while having a night a live answer to pick up. Leaves a dock when your lease was very young. And 1st sorry to find so very beautiful to see what i mean to marry her husband also spoke very highly of her and it does that mean that in his testaments francesco refers to her as a bone a feat a woman that if he should move elice is an unusual description for women again those who are only i have yet to find a similar description in other testaments. Are more you not on a bonafide a woman can signify a noble woman will be. High principles who works hard and has personality. It is going to hold up in chicagoan developer post or solve the. Lease and belgacom there 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 then leonardo only portrayed 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. Plan on a return to florence around 1500 tremolando he was 48 years old restless without family and didnt have any large commissions on the horizon. Little nod to one 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 dorie its and that is to say they are the simplest commissions and also the best paid so it is easily possible that francesco del jewel condo commissions laid auto to portray his wife out of the normal year. But doubts arise that a condo family trait register resides in the lucky viewer story codell instituto. Only know 20 and it is the basis of their tax report. Florence had a highly advanced tax system the socalled catastrophe. 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 recorded. The summary mentions that leonardo received the commission in 15023 so a record of the expensive portrait 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 and. There is also no mention of such a valuable painting in the inheritance. 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 in comprehensible. Print just go would have most likely shown the portrayed by the famous painter publicly and would not have risked event or tax evasion. In lynn on his records there is also no trace of a commission by francesca money apparently didnt change hands. From friend just goes testament is archived in florences are key of you to start oh there in there is also no mention of the great masters valuable artwork leonardo apparently never delivered the painting to francesco. Mozart he writes about an incomplete portrait of the mona lisa in the louvre however is completed down to the very last detail. Is what i mean. But heres shorey except of the commission at a time in which he had no work is it that the he introduced himself to the merchant who wanted a pain. Think of his wife and simply agree then he painted only the head. Of the dates that he interrupted the work for other commission when he left it 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 motion couple must be available in the archives in one documents Old Testament strachey do with that the decrease that and yet this painting by leonardo shows up with no way to the. Usual day stanley if he had finished the painting and limited then a record within the family would exist if a painting by a Famous Artist like me or not oh was a very valuable commodity while at this. They left me advocated wes appears we know absolutely nothing about this but he. Says thats true the meet the. Hasnt really been lost. As described by bizarrely last is the painting in the louvre the different one. Much about leonardo seems unexplainable today very few artists of captivated peoples imaginations as he has. One reason for this is that he started so many paintings that he never finished like that of st jerome in the wilderness. Yet these works count among out historys most famous. As with the end a ration of the magi leonardo often lost interest in his paintings after he solved challenges of figuration and compositional finishing the pieces became too tedious. This was also the case with the fresco for the council hall of plot so vecchio. It was to become his largest work commissioned by the City Government leonardo chose the battle of hunky ari as his motif. Leonardo received the commission in 1503. 00 the same period during which he worked only. Portrayed. Restless as he was leonardo left even the biggest project the florence commissioned incomplete is it plausible that he behaved similarly with mona lisa. Only to finish it later most of robey 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 made a lot. Less aisy 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 and well put it i mean. When did leonardo finish the painting. Lets assume in old age after he started it. 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. Using infrared technology historians searched for over painted areas walker actions. 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. Be gone soon to a school in the entire Study Confirms the absurdity of the identity of the loser painting or a painting depicting more lisa would be moved more no least so we see that. First because it was determines that a painterly process was fairly continuous and going to new release or fall to. The armed he would have had to paint it in 2 completely separate stages in that top to suit churches will clearly be identified with todays methods and tools. Of all the 1st stone for all of them but to go a long shelf the landscape would have had to have been new since there sorry didnt mention wallets all were no longer soft. 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 spices and how they emerged from the pores of her skin and art 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 attest as to the Mona Lisa Fieri never saw the painting himself. Sadly no larry. The bizarre a didnt have any written sources his biography is based on mia oral accounts that circulated in florence. At. Ask to have be able to yet trade back that if he got it pushed up this means he wrote part of the history of drew converse portrait with the mona lisa or based on such oral accounts the passed from person to person. Who we never saw the painter yet this he described what he invented that those who do know. But from where does the painting in the louvre stand are there 2 portraits one of them lost. This new idea takes us to the end was on the want profits. Leonardo died here in 1519 and the advanced age of 67. The chapel in which he was in tune is located directly next to the king chateau. Leonardo came to him 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 shed called clue loosing. Incident occurred in the small french manner 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 in closing where you also had a studio. At the. The chronicler antonio de beatus witnessed cardinal law very go of arrogance visit with leonardo enclosed to say on october the 10th 1517 he relates the 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 demented another one is of the young same gender the baptist the 3rd of madonna with her child seated on st helens lap the latter was the most perfect of the more. 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. Equerry grow through the grain train was commissioned in rome by jury on or demitted she. As a result of an affair he had with a woman from the will be no reality. To figure but under. Your question the government and. d d new name surfaces. Magic. The ruling family of florence this name is most associated with the 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 the time. He was a womanizer and a squander. He was charismatic had a powerful name and an influential brother. Yes brother lived in rome his name was given to me demetri and he had High Aspirations later he became cardinal and finally pope. As pope lear the 10th 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. Giuliana is extravagant brother arrived in or being or where he was a guest of the palace so to carla. Here he had several chambers known as the magnificence quarter. Julianna. Airport yano was a coward he had been raised by his father lorenzo who was a great writer he wrote poetry and words interested in women havent the slightest interest in politics no no everyone is fully there is full. Fledged a load beige grandpa. Really only has a brother 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. But he made it all dark like that then a politician w. B. Giovani domenici pope leo the tent took care of his brother julie on air throughout his life he also financed his extravagant lifestyle. Giuliano had come close a fast. But one of these flames had serious consequences. In the marker region the pulitzer to color looms over the town. The tragedy involving giuliano to many that would eventually lead to the mona lisa took place. For the poor 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 of foundling the hebrew the he spoke. Records were found in the University Library of a beano regarding a certain politics. And politics would later become cardinal published poison to the age of 24. 00. But he was born an orphan. How did he acquire the name. Who were his parents. For the record was documentaries both how he became. Im an orphan. And later im ready. The name of his mother also appears. From downey a young woman from beano. Not much is known about but if it could run dani she was a guest of the blotter to karla by invitation giuliano. It is unclear if she offered him her labors of love if he said used or 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 he have opposed the rich route. She was plagued with severe remorse after her affair with giuliana. Some sources stated that she was married at the time. Danny fell into a crisis the deep end when she found out that she was with child. A child out of wedlock for a brief encounter in the court of beano. Then she drew up a terrible plan. She confided in her friend and midwife that she didnt want the child and though she could not take the disgrace. The midwife should kill the new born in case president he dies in childbirth. Danny did in fact die on pugh aprile fever. But the midwife didnt take the newborns life. On april the 19th 1511. 00 the night before Easter Sunday she dropped the child off on the steps of the sun ticky are a judge and it will be no. 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 in politics. Giuliani left to be with his son in politics a move to his brother the pope in rome. Leonardo da vinci resided in the chambers of the vatican where he worked for the many chiefs during this time. But commissions from the pope response here giuliano must have given him the commission of which leonore their rights includes a. Leonardo was to paint a painting to comfort a little politics. In battery he said to your motto paint me have picture of a mother that i can gift to my some as an image of his mother sat at the laddie at your feet. As your measurement how a portrait of a mother shuttle flight a mere nado painted the painting that we call mona lisa today a little that. It must have been a great challenge to paint an image of a mother for upon attack. Since he suffered a similar fate as a pilot or. 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. Shared a similar fate and this inspired leonardo to paint a painting that held the memory of a mother and. The painting should lend comfort to younger politician who himself never saw his mother. He undoubtedly painted the image of a follower of should be and so he develops the portraits out of his imagination. And we could we will now go play an audio didnt need to model. He was an illegitimate child himself and could easily relate to the feelings of such a child. Giuliano there may be change must have known this was leonardos 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 village. Church with a side chapel on the back tees 3 stands in the center of town. Leonardo was baptized here the morial stone commemorates illegitimately another was recognised as a song by his father pierre odo vinci. It was always puzzling why leonardo portrayed the wife of a sup merchant in dark clothing her silk merchant is proud. His colorful fabrics her clothes on the other hand recall mourning and reverie if leonardo painted the image of a woman that had passed away then the dark colors make 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 debbie 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 the phone that more nalini saw the real him more lisa lisa delgado condo is the silk merchants wife. But where is the portrait of lisa to conduct as described by over sorry. Trace leads us to germ giacomo couple team calls a lie who is said to have had a relationship with a master. Is a lie was a rapscallion but leonardo liked him anyway. He accompanied the master through his life for many travels and was his studio assistant. Before dawn lou nodded to him several months or weeks before they an audio left for france in 1516 some lie returned to his hometown of melana sallai nuff. My lawn them so on. Its all going by the only occasion he must have received several paintings from leonardo. And slow for moodily for assumably in complete works good mood in foss inside the painting appears in his state that is referred to as a lot joconde least to honda. Or larger conda a painting called to conduct this is how it appears in his estate. And in complete work of the great Leonardo Da Vinci was very valuable to sell high. So lawyer directly sallai could have completed its rights. To 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 light died under mysterious circumstances just a few years after leonardos own death. The incomplete portrayed of a condo was in salis estate along with leonardos painting later in 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 wild. Among others been studied more thorough only or more often now the mona lisa has revealed its true face. 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