Hum Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 Lisa Gherardini is coming closer to emerging from the grave. The remains of the woman believed to have inspired Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa likely are about to be exhumed by researchers. The announcement, at a news conference in Florence, follows the discovery of another skeleton, the fourth since the bone hunt began last year -- beneath an altar in the church of the now-derelict Convent of St. Orsola. "The skeleton doesn't belong to the Mona Lisa, but it?s hinting to her burial. Indeed, she might be just underneath," Silvano Vinceti, president of a private organization known as the National Committee for the Promotion of Historic and Cultural Heritage, told a news conference on Wednesday. Vinceti?s ambitious project aims to possibly reconstruct Lisa's face in order to see if her features match that of the iconic painting hanging at the Louvre Museum in Paris. Indeed, most scholars believe that the Mona Lisa, known as La Gioconda in Italian or La Joconde in French, is the portrait of Lisa Gherardini, a member of a minor noble family of rural origins who married the wealthy merchant Francesco del Giocondo. Known for controversial claims, like that letters and numbers are hidden inside the Mona Lisa painting, Vinceti has based his search in the convent on documents found by historian Giuseppe Pallanti some years ago. The historian, who is not involved in the project, traced back Lisa's life from her birth on June 15, 1479, to her death at the age of 63. more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remixedcat Posted September 15, 2012 Share Posted September 15, 2012 watch out we got a troll painter on the loose that might try to "fix" her and make her look like michael jackson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PNWDweller Posted September 15, 2012 Share Posted September 15, 2012 So, then we have people digging her up (or they will think it is her at the time), just to make sure it was really her so they can put her back into the ground after they put a face on her? I wonder though - will they make a face that looks like the one in the painting without realizing it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hum Posted September 15, 2012 Author Share Posted September 15, 2012 Don't see what they will prove. Can't they let the dead alone ? Nothing Here 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leesmithg Posted September 15, 2012 Share Posted September 15, 2012 Don't see what they will prove. Can't they let the dead alone ? Obviously not! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Growled Member Posted September 15, 2012 Member Share Posted September 15, 2012 I bet she won't have the same smile after all these years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leesmithg Posted September 15, 2012 Share Posted September 15, 2012 I bet she won't have the same smile after all these years. We have the same thing currently going on in Leicestershire England. They are trying to recover Richard III here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hum Posted September 17, 2012 Author Share Posted September 17, 2012 I bet she won't have the same smile after all these years. The real question is, did she brush her teeth ? :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Growled Member Posted September 17, 2012 Member Share Posted September 17, 2012 ^ I guess we may soon know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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