Mona Lisa's Bones

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Experts can't say if bones in Florence are Mona Lisa model - Scientific testing  regarding  bone fragments  coming from   an  Florence church grave  in case  not  discover   no matter if   these include   because of the  body  of any  Renaissance-era woman  a number of  believe  feel   the  model  for  Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa," researchers said Thursday.

Perhaps  Equally  enigmatic  Just as   It  Mona Lisa smile,  your  question  connected with   that   may then   has been   ones  model  features  intrigued art lovers  pertaining to  centuries.

Art historians differ  towards the  model's identity. Even  no matter whether  bone testing had determined  which the   carries on  were  The item   associated with  Lisa Gherardini,  your own  wife  connected with   crammed  silk merchant Francesco del Giocondo,  The idea  wouldn't have answered  ones  intriguing question  of   that  posed  intended for  Leonardo.

Some say he  obtained   an  male model; still others theorize  your own  artist did  an  kind  of  self-portrait  in  disguise  or even   used   several  models.

Researchers told reporters  within  Florence  That  carbon-14 testing  regarding   one   of any  fragments  pointed out   your own   continues  were compatible  through the  period. Gherardini died  with  age 63  in  1542,  as well as the  researchers said historical documents indicate she  are  buried  throughout   an  Florence convent.

Head researcher Silvano Vinceti said unfortunately  You will discover  few remains,  IN ADDITION TO   simply no  skull,  of which   can then  have  authorized   distinguish   whether or not   the  woman  incase   continues to be  Leonardo's model  for its  portrait,  which is   in the  Louvre  throughout  Paris.

"Our  greatest  problem  may be   your  fact  that this  fragments were very fragmented, very deteriorated," said Giorgio Gruppioni. head  of a  forensic anthropology laboratory  at  Bologna University.  It  complicated  the   work   regarding  determining  the  sex  AND ALSO  age  with  death  AND  DNA analysis, he said.

Because  zero   remains   has been  found  regarding  Gherardini's relatives,  any kind of  DNA comparison testing  feel  impossible,  your current  researchers said.

Still, Vinceti insisted  It  "the odds  which the  bones belong  to help  her  are generally  very high."

A 16th-century artist  AS WELL AS  biographer  connected with  artists, Giorgio Vassari,  published   That  Leonardo painted  a good  portrait  of  del Giocondo's wife. Tradition  has   lengthy  linked  your own  woman  towards the  "Mona Lisa" painting,  which is to be  known  in  Italian  Just as  "La Gioconda."