{"id":12431,"date":"2015-12-09T06:01:39","date_gmt":"2015-12-09T06:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/?p=12431"},"modified":"2015-12-09T06:09:39","modified_gmt":"2015-12-09T06:09:39","slug":"mona-lisa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/mona-lisa","title":{"rendered":"A French Scientist Believes That He Found A Hidden Portrait Under The Mona Lisa"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a6b39195b99473d6c9dd698db2668010\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:2px 0 2px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<center>\r\n\r\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\r\nfunction ShorterThan(widthMax) {\r\n                if (screen.width < widthMax) {return true;}  \r\n                else {return false}\r\n    }\r\nvar LimitWidth = 728\r\nvar MobileZoneID = 348996\r\nvar DesktopZoneID = 348995   \r\n<!--\/\/<![CDATA[\r\n   document.MAX_ct0 ='';\r\n   var m3_u = (location.protocol=='https:'?'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?':'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?');\r\n   var m3_r = Math.floor(Math.random()*99999999999);\r\n   document.write (\"<scr\"+\"ipt type='text\/javascript' src='\"+m3_u);\r\n   if (ShorterThan(LimitWidth)) {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+MobileZoneID);} else {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+DesktopZoneID);}\r\n   document.write(\"&nodis=1\");\r\n   document.write ('&cb=' + m3_r);\r\n   if (document.MAX_used != ',') document.write (\"&exclude=\" + document.MAX_used);\r\n   document.write (document.charset ? 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There are many mysteries and legends surrounding the piece and its subject, but this latest development is perhaps the most intriguing one yet. A French scientist named Pascal Cotte believes that hidden behind the Mona Lisa is a portrait of another woman.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>10 years of observation<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cotte is the co-founder of Lumiere Technology, a company that works with galleries and museums to digitize the art. He has pioneered a technique called Layer Amplification Method (LAM) to analyze artwork on a much deeper level. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>&#8220;We can now analyze exactly what is happening inside the layers of the paint and we can peel like an onion all the layers of the painting. We can reconstruct all the chronology of the creation of the painting,\u201d he said. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The company has worked on pieces by famous artists such as Vincent Van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, Claude Renoir, and more. The Louvre allowed Cotte to access the Mona Lisa in 2004 and he has been working on it ever since. He analyzed the painting using reflective light technology, which showed him a picture lying underneath.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12432\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12432\" style=\"width: 704px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-12432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/2af93c79928274c1f6ee5a88e53a2ba3.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"704\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/2af93c79928274c1f6ee5a88e53a2ba3.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/2af93c79928274c1f6ee5a88e53a2ba3-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/2af93c79928274c1f6ee5a88e53a2ba3-85x48.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12432\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.anabel.al\/media\/2015\/12\/08\/2af93c79928274c1f6ee5a88e53a2ba3.jpg\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">{adinserter CNP5}<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12437\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12437\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12437\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/lumi_48ee00b394a17f7117dada3c39877114-nbcnews-fp-1200-800.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/lumi_48ee00b394a17f7117dada3c39877114-nbcnews-fp-1200-800.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/lumi_48ee00b394a17f7117dada3c39877114-nbcnews-fp-1200-800-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/lumi_48ee00b394a17f7117dada3c39877114-nbcnews-fp-1200-800-85x57.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12437\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media2.s-nbcnews.com\/j\/newscms\/2015_50\/1332191\/lumi_48ee00b394a17f7117dada3c39877114.nbcnews-fp-1200-800.jpg\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>Who is the subject?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The identity of the <\/span>Mona Lisa <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">has never been confirmed. However, it is widely believed that she is Lisa Gherardini, the wife of a Florentine merchant. The underlying image is much different than the <\/span>Mona Lisa<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: it portrays a woman who is looking out to the side of the frame, has a bigger head, nose, and hands, has smaller lips, and does not have Mona Lisa\u2019s mysterious smile. Cotte believes his discovery shows that Gherardini is the hidden woman. The portrait was never given to her husband. Then da Vinci painted another\u00a0unknown woman over her. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u00a0\u201cThe results shatter many myths and alter our vision of Leonardo&#8217;s masterpiece forever,\u201d Cotte said. &#8220;When I finished the reconstruction of Lisa Gherardini, I was in front of the portrait and she is totally different to Mona Lisa today. This is not the same woman.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12433\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12433\" style=\"width: 704px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-12433\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/cvu4v1hu8aa5ric.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"704\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/cvu4v1hu8aa5ric.jpg 599w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/cvu4v1hu8aa5ric-85x48.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12433\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/CVu4v1hU8AA5rIC.jpg\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>Many are skeptical of his claim<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Louvre has not commented on Cotte\u2019s claim since they were not involved in the analysis. \u00a0If this is true, it would be an earth-shattering discovery in the art world. \u00a0Naturally, there are many skeptics. \u00a0Martin Kemp, Emeritus Professor of the History of Art at the University of Oxford, said:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u00a0&#8220;They [Cotte&#8217;s images] are ingenious in showing what Leonardo may have been thinking about. But the idea that there is that picture as it were hiding underneath the surface is untenable. \u00a0I do not think there are these discrete stages which represent different portraits. I see it as more or less a continuous process of evolution. I am absolutely convinced that the Mona Lisa is Lisa.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12434\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12434\" style=\"width: 706px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-12434\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/mona-lisa-facts06.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"706\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/mona-lisa-facts06.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/mona-lisa-facts06-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/mona-lisa-facts06-85x48.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 100vw, 706px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12434\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a 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