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The Secret of The Mona Lisa Finally Revealed Posted by Geoff on May 2, 2014
In March this year an astonishing document was uncovered during the restoration of a small pen and ink sketch by Leonardo da Vinci. The document, which seems to have been used to reinforce the back of the sketch, turned out to be a newspaper article written in 1507 and containing an interview with Da Vinci…
Tales of La Gioconda–Part 1 Posted by Geoff on Apr 20, 2012
It’s probably the world’s most famous painting, millions of us have been to visit it in the Louvre, and just about everyone will have seen it reproduced as a print, postcard, chocolate box lid, tea cosy, etc. ad infinitum. But how many of us have found ourselves standing amongst the constant crowd of pilgrims that…