Da Vinci's male apprentice, Salai

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A team of researchers from the Italian national committee for cultural heritage are claiming that Da Vinci's "Mona Lisa", the most famous painting in the world, was inspired by the artist's male apprentice Salai.

Lisa Gherardini del Giocondo

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Many historians believe she was the model for Leonardo da Vinci 's world-famous painting.

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Many historians believe she was the model for Leonardo da Vinci's world-famous painting.

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Many historians believe she was the model for Leonardo da Vinci's world-famous painting.

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What Is the Mystery Behind the Mona Lisa?

Despite the above theories, it is currently widely accepted that the portrait depicts Lisa Gherardini, the third wife of a wealthy Florentine silk merchant named Francesco del Giocondo.

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Italian archaeologists hunt for Mona Lisa model

Many historians believe she was the model for Leonardo da Vinci's world-famous painting.

Digs for Mona Lisa model in Florence

Many historians believe she was the model for Leonardo da Vinci's world-famous painting.

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Mona Lisa is "undoubtedly" Lisa Gherardini del Giocondo, according to Veit Probst, director of the Heidelberg University Library.

Conclusive evidence came from notes written in October 1503 in the margin of a book.

Discovered two years ago in the library's collection by manuscript expert Armin Schlechter, the notes were made by Florentine city official Agostino Vespucci, an acquaintance of Leonardo da Vinci, in an edition of letters by the Roman orator, Cicero.

In his annotations, Vespucci wrote that Leonardo was working on three paintings at the time, including a portrait of Lisa del Giocondo.

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"The portrait is almost certainly of Lisa del Giocondo, however unromantic and un-mysterious that idea might be," he said, adding that he also had his doubts on Bobbio.

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Many historians believe she was the model for Leonardo da Vinci's world-famous painting.

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Many historians believe she was the model for Leonardo da Vinci's world-famous painting.

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Many historians believe she was the model for Leonardo da Vinci's world-famous painting.

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Many historians believe she was the model for Leonardo da Vinci's world-famous painting.

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Many historians believe she was the model for Leonardo da Vinci's world-famous painting.

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Many historians believe she was the model for Leonardo da Vinci's world-famous painting.

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Many historians believe she was the model for Leonardo da Vinci's world-famous painting.

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Many historians believe she was the model for Leonardo da Vinci's world-famous painting.

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Many historians believe she was the model for Leonardo da Vinci's world-famous painting.

Da Vinci, himself

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What Is the Mystery Behind the Mona Lisa?

A more recent thought by Dr. Lillian Schwartz of Bell Labs is that the Mona Lisa is the feminine version of Da Vinci himself.

What Is the Mystery Behind the Mona Lisa?

Through digital analysis, she discovered that Da Vinci's facial characteristics and those of the Mona Lisa are perfectly aligned with one another.

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Dr. Lillian Schwartz of Bell Labs suggests that Leonardo painted himself, and was able to support her theory by analyzing the facial features of Leonardo's face and that of the famous painting, She digitized both the self-portrait of the artist and the Mona Lisa.

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Through digital analysis, she discovered that Da Vinci's facial characteristics and those of the Mona Lisa are perfectly aligned with one another.

"What is everybody's business is nobody's business — except the ...

A more recent thought by Dr. Lillian Schwartz of Bell Labs is that the Mona Lisa is the feminine version of Da Vinci himself.

A mistress of Giuliano de'Medici

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What Is the Mystery Behind the Mona Lisa?

Other researchers have stated that the painting could depict a mistress of Giuliano de' Medici, who reigned in Florence from 1512 to 1516.

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Other researchers have stated that the painting could depict a mistress of Giuliano de' Medici, who reigned in Florence from 1512 to 1516.

The Duchess of Milan, Isabella of Aragon

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What Is the Mystery Behind the Mona Lisa?

One popular theory suggests that the lady is the Duchess of Milan, Isabella of Aragon.