Discover the world's first painting of the Mona Lisa

A picture at the Prado Museum in Madrid is what surprised the world of art and history when it was proved to be drawn at the same time as the Mona Lisa painting.

Previously, people always thought it was a fake painting made long after the original painting of Leonardo da Vinci was completed. However, recent studies confirm that it was created at the same time as the Mona Lisa painting, by one of the closest students to the artist Leonardo da Vinci.

The "twin sister" of the Mona Lisa painting.

Compared to the original supposedly portrayed by Lisa Gherardini, Florentine merchant wife of the famous painter, a possible replica of painter Francesco Melzi, one of da Vinci's close students, drawing her younger and looks more charming. Drawn by the two painters who are close together and living at the same time, it is hoped that it will be the key to decipher the mystery in the famous Mona Lisa painting.

An article published in the February issue of the Art Newspaper affirms: 'This amazing discovery will change our understanding of the world's most famous painting'.

Although part of the Spanish royal collection and recognized as a replica of the Mona Lisa painting, the background of the painting was painted with a black paint around the end of the 18th century. but no cause. It makes the picture lose its aesthetics, while hiding the importance of the painting.

Two paintings are thought to be composed at the same time.
The original painting of Leonardo da Vinci on the right.

Miguel Falomir, director of preservation of Renaissance paintings at the Prado Museum, said: 'When using X-rays to check the picture, we found it to be completely unusual under the paint. black. It is the most surprising thing I've seen in 14 years working at the Prado Museum ' . The landscape was seen under the dark paint of the painting.

In addition, an infrared comparison was performed on both pictures showing similar sketches under the paint of both drawings. It makes experts identify the original and the same copy made at a time and color it together, even if they can be done as soon as the prototype is present.

The painting is expected to be on display at the Prado Museum in mid-February after a long recovery period and will lend the Louvre to its Mona Lisa painting and 'twin sisters' may be next to each other. more than 500 years of separation.