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  2. Mona Lisa - Wikipedia

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    A version of the Mona Lisa known as the Isleworth Mona Lisa was first bought by an English nobleman in 1778 and was rediscovered in 1913 by Hugh Blaker, an art connoisseur. The painting was presented to the media in 2012 by the Mona Lisa Foundation. [174] It is a painting of the same subject as Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa.

  3. Mona Lisa (Prado) - Wikipedia

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    The Prado Mona Lisa is a painting by the workshop of Leonardo da Vinci and depicts the same subject and composition as Leonardo's better known Mona Lisa at the Louvre, Paris. The Prado Mona Lisa has been in the collection of the Museo del Prado in Madrid, Spain since 1819, [1] but was considered for decades a relatively unimportant copy. [2]

  4. Lisa del Giocondo - Wikipedia

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    In the centuries after Lisa's life, the Mona Lisa became the world's most famous painting. [2] In 2005, Lisa was identified as a subject for a da Vinci portrait around 1503, strongly reinforcing the traditional view of her as the model for Mona Lisa. [3]

  5. Rare compound detected in the ‘Mona Lisa’ reveals a new ...

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    A new study found a rare compound called plumbonacrite within the “Mona Lisa,” suggesting Leonardo da Vinci may have been the first to use a technique previously found in later paintings.

  6. Scientists pry a secret from the `Mona Lisa' about how ... - AOL

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    Using X-rays to peer into the chemical structure of a tiny speck of the celebrated work of art, scientists have gained new insight into the techniques that Leonardo da Vinci used to paint his ...

  7. List of works by Leonardo da Vinci - Wikipedia

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    Isleworth Mona Lisa † Oil on canvas 84.5 cm × 64.5 cm 33.3 in × 25.4 in Private collection, Switzerland Its proponents claim that this is the earlier of two versions of the Mona Lisa, painted for Francesco del Giocondo (husband of Lisa) in 1503, and that the Louvre version was painted for Giuliano de' Medici in 1517. [81] Horse and Rider

  8. The optical illusion hidden in the 'Mona Lisa' explained - AOL

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    The technique in this portrait and in the "Mona Lisa" is called "sfumato," in which da Vinci blended colors and shades to get gradual transitions between different shapes in each painting.

  9. Mona Lisa replicas and reinterpretations - Wikipedia

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    The original Mona Lisa, by Leonardo da Vinci, Louvre. Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is one of the most recognizable and famous works of art in the world, and also one of the most replicated and reinterpreted. Mona Lisa studio versions, copies or replicas were already being painted during Leonardo's lifetime by his own students and ...