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Expert: Da Vinci painted nude version of Mona Lisa

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FLORENCE, Italy, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- An Italian art expert says evidence suggests Leonardo da Vinci once painted a nude version of his famous Mona Lisa.

Renzo Manetti, a Florentine art expert and da Vinci specialist, said he believes the artist created "heavenly" and "vulgar" versions of the same portrait, a practice common among other Renaissance artists inspired by Neoplatonic philosophy, ANSA reported Monday.

"Even though the (nude) painting has been lost, there are at least 10 reproductions or comparable works, painted by pupils or disciples, which enable us to reconstruct the original," Manetti wrote in his new book, "The Mona Lisa's Veil."

Manetti said a work by da Vinci's student Andrea Salai, Monna Vanna, is especially compelling as a piece inspired by the nude Mona Lisa.

The researcher said da Vinci's lost painting is believed to be in the same pose as the Mona Lisa, but on a balcony with one breast exposed.
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The researcher said da Vinci's lost painting is believed to be in the same pose as the Mona Lisa, but on a balcony with one breast exposed.
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Damn was hoping we'd get to see that famous vertical smile.
 
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Who cares about a nude Mona Lisa!

I hope they find Da Vinci's original of Battle of Anghiari in the Hall of Five Hundred like the theory goes. Supposedly his most impressive work, I can't wait to see what it's like by his own hand. No copies accepted. Only the real deal.
 
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Amir0x said:
Who cares about a nude Mona Lisa!

I hope they find Da Vinci's original of Battle of Anghiari in the Hall of Five Hundred like the theory goes. Supposedly his most impressive work, I can't wait to see what it's like by his own hand. No copies accepted. Only the real deal.
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But the boobies man, think of the boobies!
 
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It's back in the news again.

”This drawing is quite mysterious because we know it was made in Italy, maybe in the studio of Leonardo da Vinci or by the master himself," said museum curator Mathieu Deldicque.

There are tempting clues that Leonardo's hand could have been behind the sketch.

”For the moment we know that the paper on which this (sketch) is drawn was dated from the time of Leonardo da Vinci ... that is to say the beginning of the 16th century," Deldicque said in an interview Friday with The Associated Press. ”We know that this paper comes from Italy, between Venice and Florence, so it is similar."

Imagery picked up other signs that may point to a sketch by Leonardo despite its ”very worn elements," he said, noting the ”quality" of the face and arms, which recalls the master.

”The position of the arms is very important because it is literally (like) the position of the arms of the Louvre painting," Deldicque said.

However, Deldicque has said there were differences, including the way the subject holds her chest and the hairstyle.

Art historians believe Leonardo drew or painted a nude version of the Mona Lisa. Deldicque acknowledged that the belief is feeding hopes that the Chantilly museum's sketch was indeed made by Leonardo's hand.

Among the array of clues under study is whether the artist of the sketch was left-handed.

”We know that Leonardo da Vinci was left-handed and now we are just looking for the left-handed features," the curator said. But the task is difficult. ”The drawing is very old, very fragile," he said, making it uncertain firm evidence will be uncovered showing that the charcoal nude was sketched with a left hand.

The government-run Center for Research and Restoration of the Museums of France says the sketch will stay out of the public eye until the examination by experts is complete.
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Saw the sketching part a few days ago, look like she has a gynaecomastia.
Pretty much DaVinci's worst drawing, dunno if it is because of distracting.

Well, most of the old painting of naked women like that.
 
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