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    Younger, happier Mona Lisa painted 10 years earlier, experts believe

    Leonardo da Vinci painted a younger and happier Mona Lisa some 10 years before painting the famous painting, art experts are claiming.Slightly larger in size than the famous portrait,‭ ‬which now hangs in the Louvre in Paris,‭ ‬the painting features‭ ‬a darker tonality,‭ ‬a different and unfinished background framed by two columns,‭ ‬and‭ ‬shows a younger lady with a less enigmatic smile.Known as the Isleworth Mona Lisa,‭ ‬the artwork will be unveiled in Geneva on Thursday by the Mona Lisa Foundation,‭ ‬a Zurich‭-based consortium which has‭ ‬kept the painting in a Swiss bank vault for‭ ‬40‭ ‬years.PHOTOS: The Face of Da Vinci: An Enduring MysteryA‭ ‬320-page book will provide‭ "‬historical,‭ ‬comparative and scientific evidence‭" ‬to prove once and for all that the‭ ‬Isleworth work is an authentic Da Vinci artwork,‭ ‬a spokeman of the Swiss foundation said.Leading‭ ‬Da Vinci experts Alessandro Vezzosi,‭ ‬the director of the‭ ‬ Museo Ideale in the Tuscan town of Vinci,‭ ‬where Leonardo ...

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    1. Zurich group claims Da Vinci painted earlier version of Mona Lisa

      A Zurich-based foundation says it will prove to the world Thursday that Leonardo Da Vinci painted an earlier version of the Mona Lisa.The Mona Lisa Foundation, which...

    2. Dig for Mona Lisa Turns Up Skeleton of 'Wealthy Woman'

      Archaeologists digging for the remains of the real-life Mona Lisa have found a female skeleton, but they say it doesn't belong to the mysterious Florentine noblewoma...

    3. The Real Da Vinci Code? Expert Spies Secret Symbols in Mona Lisa's Eyes

      Italian art experts are investigating a real-life “Da Vinci Code” mystery after discovering tiny symbols painted into the eyes of the world-famous "Mona Lisa" portra...

    4. Mona Lisa Dig Unearths Tombs and a Crypt Beneath Former Italian Convent

      Archaeologists searching a former Italian church for the remains of the noblewoman thought to have inspired the Mona Lisa have unearthed a series of crypts, ANSA rep...

    5. Male model behind the Mona Lisa , expert claims

      An Italian researcher says the main influence and model for the "Mona Lisa" was a male apprentice of the artist Leonardo da Vinci .Gian Giacomo Caprotti, known as Sa...

    6. Expert: Mona Lisa Was Likely Pregnant During Sitting

      Mona Lisa , the woman depicted in Leonardo da Vinci 's 16th century masterpiece, was either pregnant or had recently given birth when she sat for the painting, a Fre...

    7. Italian Scientists Wonder if Leonardo da Vinci was 'Mona Lisa'

      ROME –   The legend of Leonardo da Vinci is shrouded in mystery: How did he die? Are the remains buried in a French chateau really those of the Renaissance master? W...

    8. French scientists crack a secret of Leonardo da Vinci portraits

      PARIS (AP) — The enigmatic smile remains a mystery, but French scientists say they have cracked a few secrets of the "Mona Lisa."French researchers studied seven of ...

    9. French scientists crack a secret of Leonardo da Vinci portraits

      PARIS (AP) — The enigmatic smile remains a mystery, but French scientists say they have cracked a few secrets of the "Mona Lisa."French researchers studied seven of ...

    10. Lost mural by Leonardo da Vinci may have been discovered

      Researchers may have discovered traces of a lost mural by Leonardo da Vinci by poking a probe through cracks in a 16th-century fresco painted on the wall of one of F...

    11. Researchers may have discovered lost Leonardo da Vinci mural

      Researchers may have discovered traces of a lost mural by Leonardo da Vinci by poking a probe through cracks in a 16th-century fresco painted on the wall of one of F...

    12. Researchers Identify Model for Mona Lisa

      Researchers Identify Model for Mona LisaTuesday, January 15, 2008By DAVID RISING, Associated Press WriterE-Mail Print Digg This! del.icio.usBERLIN —  A researcher ha...

    1. Italian Scientists Wonder if da Vinci was 'Mona Lisa'

      The legend of Leonardo da Vinci is shrouded in mystery: How did he die? Are the remains buried in a French chateau really those of the Renaissance master? Was the "M...

    2. Body likely that of 'Mona Lisa' to be exhumed in Italy

      Lisa Gherardini is coming closer to emerging from the grave. The remains of the woman believed to have inspired Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa likely are about to be ...

    3. Japanese Scientist Gives Voice to Mona Lisa

      The Mona Lisa may hide many secrets behind her enigmatic smile, but the sound of her voice may no longer be one of them, thanks to the work of a Japanese forensics e...

    4. Search starts for bones of likely Mona Lisa model

      Italian researchers on Wednesday began looking for the remains of a Renaissance woman many believed posed for the "Mona Lisa."The researchers used a geo-radar device...

    5. NASA beams Mona Lisa to moon with laser

      Call it the ultimate in high art: Using a well-timed laser, NASA scientists have beamed a picture of Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece, the Mona Lisa, to a powerful sp...

    6. Scientists Want to Exhume Leonardo da Vinci to Solve Mona Lisa Mystery

      Scientists seeking permission to exhume the remains of Leonardo da Vinci plan to reconstruct his face to discover whether his masterpiece, the Mona Lisa, is a disgui...

    7. What I See When I Look at the Mona Lisa

      Did you hear that? That howl of joy that you just heard was the sound coming from the publishers of "The Da Vinci Code," when they heard that the real-life Leonardo ...

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