The secret code discovered in Mona Lisa`s eyes

14.12.2010 [16:25]
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Baku, December 14 (AZERTAC). An Italian researcher claims to have discovered some Da Vinci Code-like symbols in the iconic painting. Leonardo Da Vinci signed his initials on the right pupil of “Mona Lisa.”

An Italian researcher says he has discovered tiny letters and numbers in the eyes of the Mona Lisa. Researcher Silvano Vinceti, chairman of the Italian national committee for cultural heritage, says he`s discerned the letters “LV” — "obviously Leonardo`s initials” — on the Mona Lisa`s right pupil. "Far more interesting,” Vinceti says, are markings — which he`s interpreted as the letters “B” and “S” or possibly the initials “CE” — that he found in her other eye. He also found the number “149” (with a fourth digit apparently having been erased) on the back of the painting.

It`s long been thought that the famous painting depicts Lisa Gheradini, the wife of a Florentine merchant. Vinceti disputes this theory, hypothesizing that the “149” suggests that Da Vinci “painted it when he was in Milan in the 1490s, using as a model a woman from the court of Ludovico Sforza, the Duke of Milan.”

The secret code discovered in Mona Lisa`s eyes

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