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A Switzerland-based foundation presented a painting they believe to be an earlier version of the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, the world-famous work that hangs in the Louvre Museum in Paris.
The Mona Lisa Foundation, which has been working with the anonymous owners of the "Isleworth Mona Lisa," says that after 35 years of research, experts believe it pre-dates the famed 16th-century masterpiece by about 12 years based on regression tests, mathematical comparisons and historical and archival records.
Allesandro Vezzosi, founder and director of the Leonardo da Vinci Museum in Italy, presented the piece in Geneva on Thursday. He said he was not categorically convinced the piece could be attributed yet, rather that academics were at a stage "of work in progress and hypothetical study."
A painting attributed to Leonardo da Vinci and representing Mona Lisa is seen during
a preview presentation in a vault in Onex near Geneva, Wednesday, September 26, 2012.
The Mona Lisa Foundation, a non-profit organisation based in Zurich, will present
September 27, a painting and historical, comparative and scientific evidence, which
demonstrate that there have always been two portraits of the Mona Lisa by Leonardo
da Vinci, the "Earlier Version", made 10 years earlier than the "Joconde" that is
displayed in Le Louvre in Paris.
After 35 years of research, experts believe it pre-dates the famed 16th-century
masterpiece by about 12 years based on regression tests, mathematical comparisons
and historical and archival records.
After 35 years of research, experts believe it pre-dates the famed 16th-century
masterpiece by about 12 years based on regression tests, mathematical comparisons
and historical and archival records.
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