Tag: Mona Lisa
Art Historian Admitted: Mona Lisa Smile Was Based on Leonardo da Vinci’s Gay Lover
One art historian, Silvano Vinceti, claimed that Mona Lisa’s iconic smile doesn't belong to a woman but is based on Leonardo da Vinci’s gay lover, Gian Giacomo Caprotti.
The scholar came to such a conclusion after conducting infra-red analysis of the original painting, which is now at the Louvre in Paris.
Silvano Vinceti consider this artwork as an amalgamation of two models: a rich Florentine merchant’s wife, Lisa Gherardini, and da Vinci’s lover - Gian Giacomo Caprotti, whom the the artist called Salai, or Little Devil.
“The Mona Lisa is androgynous – half man and...
