SECRET OF THE MONA LISA

Though the popular treasure hunt thriller The Da Vinci Code is speculative to say the least, Leonardo da Vinci did hide some secrets in his most famous works. Namely, the Mona Lisa, a famous painting among famous paintings, the Louvre museum’s most visited work.

This enigmatic lady actually has the artist’s initials, LV, painted in her right eye, but they’re microscopically small. Even more surprising, in 2015, a French scientist using reflective light technology claimed to have found another portrait of a woman underneath the image we see today.

The consensus is that this was da Vinci’s “first draft,” and that he painted over it to create his masterpiece. In addition to her hidden messages, did you know that the Mona Lisa is also one of the most expensive things to ever be stolen


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