Manuscript Confirms Identity of Mona Lisa

Handwritten notes made by an acquaintance of Leonardo Da Vinci have been discovered that document Da Vinci was working on three paintings in 1503 which is when art historians agree the work is dated. The notes discuss that one of the projects was a portrait of Lisa del Giocondo who has been tentatively linked to the painting before; the painting in the Louvre is also known as La Gioconda.

The notes were found in a manuscript at Heidelberg University library and the University’s Dr. Armin Schlechter has confirmed that “all doubts are now eliminated” as to the identity of the famous smiling lady, a Florence noblewoman born Lisa Gherardini in 1449.

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See Wikipedia Lisa del Giocondo reference