Experts now seek to find out whether this sketch was the precursor to da Vinci’s iconic painting.
Left : Fine Art Images / Heritage Images / Getty Images , Right : Wikimedia CommonsLeft : Monna Vanna . Right : Mona Lisa .
Before painting the iconic Mona Lisa , might Leonardo da Vinci have sketched a nude version first ?
This is precisely the question that experts at the Louvre in Paris are now sample to figure out . antecedently attributed to one of da Vinci ’s students , this sketch known as the Monna Vanna may have in fact been created by the man himself — and could have been a precursor to theMona Lisa .
Left: Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images, Right: Wikimedia CommonsLeft: Monna Vanna. Right: Mona Lisa.
Thus far , curator at the Louvre believe that the Monna Vanna was make “ at least in part ” by da Vinci himself , reports the BBC . And if the resume is n’t solely da Vinci ’s workplace , it was at least drawn in his studio and with the help of his student .
But the study could very well be da Vinci ’s employment alone , base on evidence that some of the experts have found . For one , the paper come from the time and place in which da Vinci lived and the particular sketching quality of the Monna Vanna recalls da Vinci ’s , particularly when it come to the subject ’s face and arm , which are positioned in just the same way as the Mona Lisa ’s .
moreover , the expert have institute hole in the paper around the Monna Vanna ’s fingers , indicating that it may have been used to decipher its pattern onto a canvas in preparation for an crude oil picture . But as to whether or not the Monna Vanna was some kind of preparatory workplace for the Mona Lisa itself , that remains a mystery for now .
nontextual matter historians have long suspected , however , that da Vinci did , in fact , create a au naturel interlingual rendition of the Mona Lisa that has not yet been found . The promise that the Monna Vanna might be this miss link is for sure fueling the experts still hard at work analyzing this cryptic sketch .
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