Researchers who used X-ray equipment on the 16th-century “Mona Lisa' has gained new insights into Leonardo da Vinci’s painting techniques.
The 'Mona Lisa' has given up another secret. Using X-rays to peer into the chemical structure of a tiny speck of the celebrated work of art, scientists have gained new insight into the techniques that Leonardo da Vinci used to paint his groundbreaking portrait of the woman with the exquisitely enigmatic smile.
The oil-paint recipe that Leonardo used as his base layer to prepare the panel of poplar wood appears to have been different for the 'Mona Lisa,' with its own distinctive chemical signature, the team of scientists and art historians in France and Britain discovered. 'He was someone who loved to experiment, and each of his paintings is completely different technically,' said Victor Gonzalez, the study's lead author and a chemist at France’s top research body, the CNRS.
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Scientists winkle a secret from the `Mona Lisa' about how Leonardo painted the masterpieceThe “Mona Lisa” has given up a secret. Scientists used X-rays to peer into the chemical structure of a tiny speck of the celebrated work of art. They came up with a new insight into the techniques used by Leonardo da Vinci when he painted his portrait of the woman with the enigmatic smile. Research published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Chemical Society says the oil-paint recipe he used as his base layer had a distinctive chemical signature. A rare compound in Leonardo’s first layer
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Scientists winkle a secret from the 'Mona Lisa' about how Leonardo painted the masterpieceThe 'Mona Lisa' has given up another secret.
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Scientists winkle a secret from the `Mona Lisa' about how Leonardo painted the masterpieceThe “Mona Lisa” has given up a secret.
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Scientists winkle a secret from the `Mona Lisa' about how Leonardo painted the masterpieceThe “Mona Lisa” has given up a secret.
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Scientists winkle a secret from the `Mona Lisa' about how Leonardo painted the masterpieceThe “Mona Lisa” has given up a secret.
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