Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Scientist suspects under another portrait Mona Lisa – NU.nl

That says a French scientist, who for more than ten years of research done by special lighting techniques, according to the BBC .

According to Pascal Cotte is below the image of the famous smile the world to see a woman looking seriously at the side.

The Louvre does not comment on the discovery, because the museum in Paris not in the investigation was concerned.

Experts also are divided on the assertion Cotte. “It is quite common that artists again on a work around painting. Were also frequent adjustments made because the customers wanted,” said Will Gompertz, arts journalist.



Lighting

Cotte the lighting technology developed and in 2004 was given access to the painting. Then he projected a series of bright lights, where a camera measurements performed by the reflections of that light.

On the basis of Cotte was able to analyze the deeper layers of paint. “Layer by layer, we can look at it. A reconstruction of how the painting was created, is to achieve a result.”



Identity

Cotte contests also the identity of the Mona Lisa. Hidden in his painting would be a portrait of Lisa Gherardini, the wife of a merchant. The portrait known worldwide as the Mona Lisa would be a completely different person. “It’s not the same woman,” said Cotte.

According to Professor Martin Kemp of Oxford Univ is not about different portraits. “I see it more as a kind of evolution of his work, I am therefore convinced that the Mona Lisa is the only real Lisa..”

By: ANP NOW .com

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