Secret Behind Monalisa Smile

Secret Behind Monalisa Smile

Smile mysteriously shown Monalisa in the famous portrait of Leonardo da Vinci's work finally revealed. German academics feel confident that they have successfully solve the mystery that has taken place a few centuries behind the identity of the object pin-famous paintings.

Lisa Gherardini, the wife of a wealthy businessman Florence, Francesco del Giocondo, has long been regarded as the most likely model for the painting of the 16th century. However, art historians often wonder if the smiling woman may actually da Vinci's lover, his mother or the artists themselves.

Now the experts at the Heidelberg University library state based on the written record in a book to its owner in October 1503 acquired certainty for all that Lisa del Giocondo, the model is indeed the painting, which is one of the world-famous portrait. "All doubts about the identity of Monalisa have become extinct following the discovery by Dr. Armin Schlechter, "an expert on ancient manuscripts, the library said in a statement.

Until now, only available "less convincing evidence" from a variety of 16th century documents. "This creates room for various interpretations and there are many different identity presented," said library. Note was made by Agostino Vespucci, an office and a friend of da Vinci of Florence, in the collection of letters written Roman orator, Cicero. The writing in the notes to compare Leonardo to the ancient Greek artist Apelles and say he was menggarap three paintings, one of which is the portrait of Lisa del Giocondo.

The art experts, who are already linked in the making of the painting in the medieval era, the state of the Heidelberg discovery is a breakthrough and the previous articulations linking the merchant's wife with the portrait. "There is no excuse to be suspicious that this portrait is the other woman," Leipzig University art historian said, Frank Zoelner, the German Radio

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