Paris, France
The French scientist Pascal Cotte discovered the image of a portrait beneath the surface of the ‘Mona Lisa’ by Leonardo da Vinci through technology reflective light.
The expert, who will present his findings on Wednesday in a special program of the BBC ‘BBC’, said he has dedicated over 10 years to look this painting.
The reconstruction shows another image of a model looking to the side, that remains hidden beneath which is the most famous work of art of Da Vinci.
The Museum Louvre in Paris, where is exposed the famous piece, refused to comment on these statements, according to the British channel.
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The author Discovery is co-founder of Lumiere Technology in Paris and received permission from the Louvre to view the painting in 2004. Cotte pioneered the use of a technique called amplification method layers (LAM acronym), which used to analyze this work.
The process involves the screening of a series of bright lights on the paint. A camera takes the measurements of reflections of lights, from which you can rebuild what’s between the colored layers.
For more than half a century, the ‘Mona Lisa’ has been subjected to various scientific analysis techniques as I multispectral scanning infrared inspections, including the most recent. However, Cotte said his technique LAM can penetrate deeper into the paint.
“We can now analyze what happens within the layers of paint can peel like an onion all layers of the painting” he said the scientist, adding that this treatment can “rebuild the entire chronology” of the creation process.
It is believed that Leonardo Da Vinci worked on this work between 1503 and 1517 when he worked in Florence and then in France.
Despite the long debate over the identity of the Mona Lisa for centuries it has been believed that it is Lisa Gherardini, the wife of a Florentine silk merchant. However, Cotte said his findings challenge this theory, believing that the reconstructed image on the surface of the painting is the original Lisa of Leonardo and the portrait known as ‘Mona Lisa’ for over 500 years is another woman.
“When I finished the reconstruction of Lisa Gherardini, he was in front of the portrait and it was totally different to the Mona Lisa today. This is not the same woman,” he defended.
The scientist also claims to have found two images below the surface of the painting: a vague sketch a portrait with a big head and a nose, but smaller lips, and other image-style Leonardo Madonna prints of a headdress of pearls. However, these claims have Cotte have caused controversy and divided opinion among experts of Da Vinci.
Professor Emeritus of Art History at Oxford University, Martin Kemp, said that the idea of an image hidden beneath the surface is “unsustainable”. “I do not think there mesuradas phases representing different portraits. I see it more or less as a process of continuous evolution. I am absolutely convinced that Mona Lisa is Lisa” he said.
Art historian Andrew Graham-Dixon made a documentary for the BBC called ‘The Secrets of Mona Lisa’ in studying historical documents related to painting along Cotte scientific findings.
Graham-Dixon no doubt that this discovery is a “goodbye” to Mona Lisa and becomes “one of the stories of the century”, but senses that will “reluctance” on the part of the authorities to change the Louvre the title of the table.
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