JoeCamaro 11 Posted January 25, 2008 I found this on the net yesterday and tought it was interesting The mystery over the identity of the woman behind Leonardo Da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" painting has been solved once and for all, German academics at Heidelberg University announced on Tuesday. 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. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
