scientist have found the earliest transcript of the Gioconda , the most far-famed grin in the world . In fact , it ’s so early that it was done by an apprentice at da Vinci ’s studio , at the same time or shortly after the archetype was made .
This painting come to Spain in 1666 , to the accumulation of the Real Alcazar . During all this time , it was thought to be just one of the many copies of the classic . Nobody knew who did it . Experts only know that it was made in the first quarter of the XVI century .
The surprise follow last year when , during the process of restoration , El Prado ’s researchers found out that this was not any transcript , but the very first known copy , one of extreme importance . The renovation process was taking several months , as scientists were removing a thick stratum of varnish that obscured the backcloth .
Talking at a congress in the National Gallery , El Prado ’s researchers Ana González Mozo said that their analytic thinking break that this copy was actually made in Leonardo ’s studio by one of his learner . The experts think it was made by Andrea Salai , Leonardo ’s lover or Francesco Melzi .
utter to Spanish paper El País , the experts have revealed that this copy may have been made at the very same time as the master copy was being paint , by the maestro ’s side . The original wood canvas is 77 X 53 centimetre . The copy is 76 X 57 . According to El Prado , several radiological and photographic study have establish new discoveries that may change the interpreting of the famous painting , as well as our understanding on how it was painted .
The renovation work of the Prado painting is n’t yet complete . The exposure should be fully restored by March , when it will go on exposition in the Louvre in Paris from March 29 to June 25 . Reportedly , it will be displayed next to the original . [ El PaísandEl Mundo — In Spanish ]
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