Some archaeologists believe have found the secret behind the world's most famous painting, Mona Lisa. A skeleton and skull buried under a monastery in Florence, Italy, is believed to belong to Lisa Gherardini, who was believed to be a model for the painting of Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece.
Lisa Gherardini, wife of a silk merchant named Francesco del Giocondo. In Italy, Monalisa also known as La Gioconda.
Most of modern historians agree that the women who modeled the Mona Lisa is Lisa del Giocondo, who later became a nun after her husband's death. Lisa del Giocondo died in the convent on July 15, 1542, at the age of 63 years.
Quoting page Daily Mail, first archaeological team excavating at an abandoned monastery, the Monastery of Santa Ursula, began last year. First, they found a thin layer of concrete. It became a marker of changes in the monastery became a military barracks.
But then the team of archaeologists discovered a tomb believed to be the tomb of Lisa. Furthermore, they even found a skeleton and skull with female size. Skeleton and the skull was found about five feet below the floor of the original monastery building, with fragments of ribs and spine findings.
Excavation itself was suspended. Therefore, the archaeological team claimed to run out of funds. However, once funding is obtained again, excavations was resumed. This time, they found a human skeleton and skull.
The skull will be tested to be matched with other findings. The scientists will conduct DNA comparisons in the skull with the skull of Lisa's two children were found buried nearby.
Once the skeleton can be verified, forensic artists will try to reconstruct the face and make comparisons with the face of 500 years ago that painted by da Vinci.
"We do not know for sure what the skeleton is derived from one or more bodies," said Silvano Vinceti, the archaeologist in charge of this excavation.
"But this confirms our hypothesis that there is still skeleton in Santa Ursula. We also have not been able to conclude that the skeleton is found it is not Lisa Gherardini," said Vinceti.
Vinceti also said that these findings be a very interesting and consistent with research that has been done before. "The dining room we found was the one mentioned in church records from 1495 and has been obtained with a ventilation and ladder. We also know that in the year 1625 there is a second tomb room and we found it successfully," he said.
On these findings, Natalia Gucciardini, called relative of Lisa Gherardini, was deeply emotional. "I believe this is the last stop Lisa Gherardini," said Natalia, who is also a close friend of Prince Charles and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
Last year, Professor Vincenti also use special methods to locate and identify a skeleton Caravaggio, painter of the Renaissance period. At that time, as in Dan Brown's novel, Vincenti claims no special message stored in the eyes of the Mona Lisa, once viewed through a magnifying glass.
Monalisa painting itself now belongs to the French government and stored in the Louvre Museum in Paris. Leonardo da Vinci started painting in 1503 or 1504 and finish in 1519, shortly before his death.
Lisa Gherardini, wife of a silk merchant named Francesco del Giocondo. In Italy, Monalisa also known as La Gioconda.
Most of modern historians agree that the women who modeled the Mona Lisa is Lisa del Giocondo, who later became a nun after her husband's death. Lisa del Giocondo died in the convent on July 15, 1542, at the age of 63 years.
Quoting page Daily Mail, first archaeological team excavating at an abandoned monastery, the Monastery of Santa Ursula, began last year. First, they found a thin layer of concrete. It became a marker of changes in the monastery became a military barracks.
But then the team of archaeologists discovered a tomb believed to be the tomb of Lisa. Furthermore, they even found a skeleton and skull with female size. Skeleton and the skull was found about five feet below the floor of the original monastery building, with fragments of ribs and spine findings.
Excavation itself was suspended. Therefore, the archaeological team claimed to run out of funds. However, once funding is obtained again, excavations was resumed. This time, they found a human skeleton and skull.
The skull will be tested to be matched with other findings. The scientists will conduct DNA comparisons in the skull with the skull of Lisa's two children were found buried nearby.
Once the skeleton can be verified, forensic artists will try to reconstruct the face and make comparisons with the face of 500 years ago that painted by da Vinci.
"We do not know for sure what the skeleton is derived from one or more bodies," said Silvano Vinceti, the archaeologist in charge of this excavation.
"But this confirms our hypothesis that there is still skeleton in Santa Ursula. We also have not been able to conclude that the skeleton is found it is not Lisa Gherardini," said Vinceti.
Vinceti also said that these findings be a very interesting and consistent with research that has been done before. "The dining room we found was the one mentioned in church records from 1495 and has been obtained with a ventilation and ladder. We also know that in the year 1625 there is a second tomb room and we found it successfully," he said.
On these findings, Natalia Gucciardini, called relative of Lisa Gherardini, was deeply emotional. "I believe this is the last stop Lisa Gherardini," said Natalia, who is also a close friend of Prince Charles and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
Last year, Professor Vincenti also use special methods to locate and identify a skeleton Caravaggio, painter of the Renaissance period. At that time, as in Dan Brown's novel, Vincenti claims no special message stored in the eyes of the Mona Lisa, once viewed through a magnifying glass.
Monalisa painting itself now belongs to the French government and stored in the Louvre Museum in Paris. Leonardo da Vinci started painting in 1503 or 1504 and finish in 1519, shortly before his death.
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